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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

334 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING



* UNTIL 730 PM MDT



* AT 334 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN AN HOUR OVER

  NORTHWESTERN  FREMONT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 44 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT 

  WASHAKIE ALONG THE EAST FORK OF THE WIND RIVER IN THE INDIAN

  MEADOWS AREA ALONG THE EAST FORK ROAD. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE 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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE

ACROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUD SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN

RIVERTON AT 1-800-211-1448.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

LAT...LON 4362 10940 4357 10953 4339 10947 4346 10925



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