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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

725 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTH CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY 

UNTIL 900 PM MDT...



AT 721 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

BEGINNING SOUTH OF BUFFALO...NEAR I-25. FLOOD WATERS WERE 

BEGINNING TO FLOW OVER RURAL ROADS. TRABING ROAD...ABOUT 6 MILES 

SOUTH OF BUFFALO WAS JUST REPORTED WASHED OUT IN ONE SPOT. 



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION DEVELOPING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 

RAINFALL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE SAME AREA IN CENTRAL 

JOHNSON COUNTY. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN IS FROM I-25...5 TO 10 

MILES SOUTH OF BUFFALO TO NEAR I-90...ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF BUFFALO.



IF IN A LOW LYING SPOT IN THIS WARNED AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. 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.



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.



LAT...LON 4419 10693 4404 10676 4425 10630 4440 10648

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