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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

1210 AM MDT SUN JUN 29 2003



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

AND NORTHWESTERN NATRONA COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM MDT...



AT 1204 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 4 TO 6 INCHES HAS FALLEN THIS EVENING ALONG 

BADWATER CREEK 15 MILES EAST OF LYSITE...OR ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF 

RIVERTON.   



THOUGH STORMS HAD MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 

FROM HEAVY RAINFALL LAST EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF STREAMS...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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