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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

536 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY

UNTIL 730 PM MDT...



AT 531 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN UP TO THREE INCHES 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. MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELPING IN THE AREA AND MAY ADD RAINFALL TO THE 

AREA THROUGH 730 PM MDT. 



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. 



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 MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RIVERTON.







LAT...LON 4362 10941 4357 10953 4341 10946 4346 10925

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