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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

155 AM MDT WED MAY 11 2005



WYC017-111045-

HOT SPRINGS WY-

155 AM MDT WED MAY 11 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 AM MDT FOR HOT SPRINGS

COUNTY...



AT 130 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MODERATE TO 

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS PERSISTED ACROSS HOT SPRINGS COUNTY SINCE 

LAST EVENING WITH STREAMS ALREADY RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL. CURRENT 

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL RATES OF A TENTH OF AN INCH TO ONE 

QUARTER OF AN INCH PER HOUR. AT MIDNIGHT...OBSERVATIONS FROM 

COTTONWOOD CREEK INDICATED RISES OF A FOOT AND A HALF SINCE 6 

PM....TO NEAR 4 FEET. GRASS CREEK WAS SHOWING RISES OF LESS THAN 1 

FOOT...TO NEAR 2 AND A HALF FEET.  



RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH DAYBREAK WITH 

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES. 



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA AND ALONG A RISING CREEK OR 

STREAM...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 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 4350 10833 4349 10775 4368 10777 4396 10869

      4373 10911



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