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WGUS55 KRIW 110013

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WYC017-110615-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

610 PM MDT TUE MAY 10 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL HOT SPRINGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THERMOPOLIS



* UNTIL 1215 AM MDT



* AT 607 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STATE HWY

  172 MILE MARKER 10...STATE HWY 120 MILE MARKER 10...HWY JCT 170 AND

  174...STATE HWY 170 MILE MARKER 10...HWY JCT 170 AND 120...LUCERNE

  AND HAMILTON DOME.



RAINFALL ESTIMATES AROUND ONE INCH HAVE BEEN INDICATED IN THE MOUNTAINS

SOUTH OF THERMOPOLIS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.  THIS RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE

FLASH FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS AROUND THERMOPOLIS.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT

1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4358 10862 4353 10854 4349 10826 4349 10777

      4369 10783 4373 10804 4381 10860



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