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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

235 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY

UNTIL 400 PM MDT...



AT 229 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTIC CITY...OR ABOUT 32 MILES

SOUTH OF LANDER. THE ASSOCIATED STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM OVER AND NEAR ROCK CREEK RESERVOIR 

WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND 

ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND 

MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. EVEN THOUGH THE STORMS HAD WEAKENED... 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER THE WEST SLOPE OF THE 

WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS AND MAY MOVE BACK OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT 

EARLIER RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAINS.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

DRY CREEKS AND GENTLY FLOWING STREAMS CAN BECOME RAGING TORRENTS IN A

MATTER OF MINUTES DURING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS BY FOOT OR IN A CAR.



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 4268 10884 4239 10880 4234 10844 4256 10844

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