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WYC019-271400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

359 AM MDT TUE AUG 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING



* UNTIL 800 AM MDT



* AT 355 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF 

KAYCEE. AT 355 AM...THE JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING IN 

KAYCEE. AROUND 230 AM MDT...THE KAYCEE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 

FLASH FLOODING ALONG BARNUM ROAD BETWEEN KAYCEE AND BARNUM. 



DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED AS MUCH AS 7 INCHES OF RAIN ABOUT 10 

MILES SOUTH OF KAYCEE IN AND NEAR LONE BEAR ROAD. DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THE ASSOCIATED STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 

WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER SOUTHERN 

JOHNSON AND NORTHWEST NATRONA COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF STREAMS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY.



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 4374 10704 4354 10698 4355 10614 4387 10626



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