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WYC019-200500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

835 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING



* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT



* A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHERN 

  HALF OF JOHNSON COUNTY. AT 820 PM MDT...JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFFS

  OFFICE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG EXITS ON I-90...ABOUT 6 MILES

  EAST OF BUFFALO. PEOPLE WERE BECOMING STRANDED IN HIGH WATERS. 

  NUMEROUS OTHER RURAL ROADS ACROSS NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY WILL 

  ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING...IF NOT EVEN BECOMING WASHED OUT. AREAS 

  OF GREATEST CONCERN ARE LOCATIONS SOUTHWEST...SOUTH TO EAST OF 

  BUFFALO.



* RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING AN INCH AN HOUR COULD PERSIST THROUGH 

  AROUND 10 PM. THIS WILL BE ON TOP OF AREAS ALREADY RECEIVING AS

  MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL. EXPECT LOW LYING AREAS AND 

  SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AS

  WELL.



REMEMBER...DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADS IS LIFE THREATENING. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL 

AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF STREAMS.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN

RIVERTON AT 1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4430 10702 4409 10689 4416 10631 4448 10647



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