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WYC019-232330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

255 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING



* UNTIL 530 PM MDT



* AT 233 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED AREA 

DRAINAGES RUNNING HIGH FROM HEAVY RAINFALL SOUTHWEST OF KAYCEE. 

THOSE DRAINAGES FEED INTO THE POWDER RIVER WHICH FLOWS THROUGH 

KAYCEE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE THIS   

MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 

BEFORE THE RAINS SUBSIDE THIS EVENING.   



 *FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN KAYCEE AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ON THE POWDER RIVER. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE 

BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I25 EXIT 246...I25 EXIT 249...HOLE IN THE 

WALL...SUSSEX...AND MAYOWORTH.



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 4395 10627 4396 10707 4353 10705 4357 10622



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