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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

1029 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING

  NORTHWESTERN NATRONA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING



* UNTIL 130 AM MDT



* AT 1029 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20/26 

  FROM LYSITE TO ARMINTO AND NORTHWARD. RADAR IS ESTIMATING 

  RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING AN INCH AN HOUR.



* AT 1025 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THE BAD WATER CREEK

  OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS WITH SEVERAL OTHER TRIBUTARIES BEGINNING

  TO FLOOD. 



THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT...BUT 

FLOODING WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. 



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.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS DIFFIUCLT AT NIGHT TO TELL THE DEPTH

OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS 

THE ROAD AS SOME ROADWAYS COULD BECOME WASHED OUT FROM FLOOD WATERS.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN

RIVERTON AT 1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4345 10788 4321 10776 4327 10702 4349 10692



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