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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

543 AM MDT TUE AUG 27 2002



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

800 AM MDT...



SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUE TO COME FROM WEST AND 

SOUTHWEST OF KAYCEE. AT 420 AM...A SPOTTER 4 MILES WEST OF KAYCEE 

REPORTED THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE POWDER RIVER WAS FLOODING THEIR 

PROPERTY WITH UP TO 3 FEET OF WATER AND LOTS OF MUD. A SPOTTER ALSO 

REPORTED NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN A FEW MILES WEST OF KAYCEE SINCE 

THE RAIN BEGAN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN KAYCEE 

REPORTED THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE POWDER RIVER WAS STILL TWO FEET 

BELOW ITS BANKS AND STILL RISING. RAINFALL IN THE AREA WAS GRADUALLY 

DECREASING. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES 

SINCE MIDNIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING FOR SEVERAL 

HOURS YET.



IN ADDITION TO THE MIDDLE FOR OF THE POWDER RIVER...FLASH FLOODING 

IS LIKELY OCCURRING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH FORK OF THE POWDER 

RIVER...MURPHY CREEK...WILLOW CREEK AS IT FEEDS INTO THE SOUTH FORK 

OF THE POWDER RIVER AND POSSIBLY BUFFALO CREEK. FLASH FLOODING HAS 

ALSO LIKELY HIT SEVERAL STRETCHES OF LONE BEAR ROAD BETWEEN THE 

NATRONA COUNTY LINE AND INTERSTATE 25.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES OR LOW LYING AREAS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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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