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WYC019-200500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

1006 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2003



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

1100 PM MDT...



SINCE 930 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE HAD NUMEROUS REPORTS 

OF FLASH FLOODS IN THE AREA SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF BUFFALO IN 

NORTH JOHNSON COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE STORM IS NOW WEAKENING...STREAMS 

WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS UNTIL 11 PM 

TONIGHT...BEFORE BEGINNING TO RECEDE.



NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF BUFFALO HAVE BEEN 

WASHED OUT IN PLACES. SEVERAL STRANDED BIKERS WERE RESCUED BY 

EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL.

       

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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT NIGHT TO TELL THE 

DEPTH OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

RIVERTON.





LAT...LON 4432 10703 4409 10672 4435 10634 4455 10661

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