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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

245 AM MDT TUE AUG 27 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTH JOHNSON COUNTY UNTIL 

400 AM MDT...



AT 230 AM MDT...THE KAYCEE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG BARNUM ROAD BETWEEN KAYCEE AND BARNUM. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE ASSOCIATED STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. FARMERS ALONG BARNUM 

ROAD REPORTED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST COUPLE 

HOURS. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT EVEN HEAVIER RAIN HAS OCCURRED 

JUST SOUTH OF THIS AREA ALONG LONE BEAR ROAD WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES 

OF 4 TO 6 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL 

AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF STREAMS. SOME OF THE CREEKS AND 

RIVERS THAT ARE LIKELY EXPERIENCING FLASH FLOODING ARE WILLOW 

CREEK...MURPHY CREEK...SOUTH FORK OF THE POWDER RIVER...MIDDLE FORK 

OF THE POWDER RIVER AND BUFFALO CREEK.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT NIGHT TO TELL THE

DEPTH OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RIVERTON.





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LAT...LON 4370 10702 4354 10694 4365 10625 4387 10646



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