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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

859 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL FREMONT

AND NORTHWESTERN NATRONA COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM MDT...



AT 853 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG BADWATER CREEK 15 MILES EAST OF 

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

HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

BADWATER CREEK FLOWING WEST FROM NATRONA COUNTY INTO FREMONT COUNTY 

THROUGH THE TOWNS OF LOST CABIN AND LYSITE.  FLASH FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED ON COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF STREAMS.



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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES OR LOW LYING AREAS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RIVERTON.







LAT...LON 4328 10775 4320 10774 4315 10732 4330 10734

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