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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

1037 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN WASHAKIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING

  SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING



* UNTIL 1230 AM MDT



* AT 1037 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN WASAHKIE COUNTY. DOPPLER    

  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ABOUT 10  

  MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEN SLEEP...ALONG SPRING CREEK. ALSO...AT 1030  

  PM...FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG OTTER CREEK...JUST EAST OF        

  HIGHWAY 434. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND WILL  

  MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST JHONSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO    

  2 INCHES OVER SOUTHWEST JOHNSON COUNTY WILL PRODUCE FLASH          

  FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGH 1230 AM.  



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

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



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS DIFFIUCLT AT NIGHT TO TELL THE DEPTH

OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS

THE ROAD.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN

RIVERTON AT 1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4350 10736 4349 10678 4417 10679 4415 10732



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