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WYC017-300000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

258 PM MDT TUE JUN 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL HOT SPRINGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING



* UNTIL 600 PM MDT



* AT 250 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANCHOR   

  RESERVOIR...OR ABOUT 36 MILES WEST OF THERMOPOLIS...THE THUNDERSTORM

  WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  HIGHWAY JUNCTION 170 AND 174.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 

COTTONWOOD PEAK NEAR THE UPPER HEADWATERS OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE 

OWL CREEK EXTENDING DOWN TO JUST ABOVE ANCHOR RESERVOIR CONTINUED. FLASH 

FLOODING OF THE NORTH FOLK OF THE OWL CREEK IS LIKELY OCCURRING OR 

WILL SOON ROADS AFFECTED BY THIS FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE ROAD 20...

EAGLE NEST RANCH ROAD AND OWL CREEK ROAD.



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

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

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF

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

AREAS ALONG THE BANKS OF STREAMS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT

1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4385 10893 4371 10909 4360 10866 4371 10849



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