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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

334 PM MDT SUN JUL 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL PARK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WYOMING

  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PK. COUNTY IN SOUTH

  CENTRAL MONTANA



* UNTIL 530 PM MDT



* AT 322 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A

  THUNDERSTORM OVER LAMAR VALLEY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF    

  NORTHEAST ENTRANCE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  4 MILES WEST OF ICE BOX CANYON BY 355 PM MDT

  4 MILES WEST OF NORTHEAST ENTRANCE BY 420 PM MDT



RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA 

OVER THE PAST 45 MINUTES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN IS STILL 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LAMAR VALLEY THROUGH 530 PM.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT

1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4482 11028 4480 11020 4501 11001 4502 11030



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