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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

640 AM MDT TUE AUG 27 2002



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

800 AM MDT...



AT 615 AM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED BUFFALO CREEK WAS 

OUT OF ITS BANKS AT THE INTERSECTION WITH THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE 

POWDER RIVER. THE SPOTTER STATED THAT BUFFALO CREEK WAS AT LEAST 100 

FEET WIDE.



AT 615 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT THE MIDDLE FORK 

OF THE POWDER RIVER WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS IN KAYCEE. THE RIVER HAS 

RISEN OVER TWO FEET IN THE PAST HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE

SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



AT LEAST ONE RESUCE WAS UNDERWAY WEST OF KAYCEE AS FLOOD WATERS HAVE 

SURROUNDED A PROPERTY WITH WATER TO DEEP TO DRIVE THROUGH.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 4392 10657 4374 10655 4373 10568 4400 10570



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