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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

505 PM MDT SUN JUN 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL SUBLETTE COUNTY UNTIL

700 PM MDT...



AT 5 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEGUN TO 

SHIFT SLOWLY SOUTH. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN IN AREAS AROUND PINEDALE AND 

BOULDER...NORTHWARD IN THE WEST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 

SOME LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES WERE LIKELY.



ALTHOUGH THE RAINS HAVE BEGUN TO LIGHTEN UP IN THE PINEDALE AND 

BOULDER AREAS...HEAVIER RAINS CONTINUE INTO THE MOUNTAINS. KEEP A 

WATCH FOR RAPID RISES ON LOCAL STREAMS. IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR 

THE HEAVY RAIN WATER TO RUNOFF INTO STREAMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS LOW LYING

AREAS ALONG THE BANKS OF STREAMS.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT

1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4249 11034 4233 11009 4281 10941 4303 10970



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