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WYC013-025-290715-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

713 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING

  NORTHWESTERN NATRONA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING



* UNTIL 115 AM MDT



* AT 713 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

 VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 4 TO 5 INCHES ALONG BADWATER CREEK 15 MILES EAST 

 OF LYSITE...OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THERMOPOLIS. THE 

 ASSOCIATED STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO 

 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED.



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 

BADWATER CREEK FLOWING WEST FROM NATRONA COUNTY INTO FREMONT COUNTY 

THROUGH THE TOWN OF LYSITE.  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON 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.



RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



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 4328 10775 4320 10774 4315 10732 4330 10734



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