Flash Flood Warning
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WGUS55 KRIW 130320
FFWRIW
WYC025-130600-
/O.NEW.KRIW.FF.W.0012.130813T0320Z-130813T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
920 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL NATRONA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
* AT 915 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EXTREME
EASTERN CASPER AND EVANSVILLE...AND JUST NORTH OF THE SHEEP HERDER
HILL BURN SCAR AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEARTRAP MEADOWS COUNTY PARK...EDNESS K WILKINS STATE PARK...
EVANSVILLE AND I25 EXIT 182...AND POSSIBLY AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF THE
SHEEP HERDER HILL BURN SCAR AREA IF THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION SHIFTS
SOUTHWARD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND
187.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE MUD AND ROCK SLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEPLY
SLOPED TERRAIN.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
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.
&&
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT
1-800-211-1448.
LAT...LON 4270 10631 4272 10633 4286 10629 4297 10624
4296 10607 4269 10606
$$
MURRELL