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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

1125 AM MDT TUE MAY 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RIVERTON



* UNTIL 530 PM MDT



* AT 1122 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO U.S. HWY

  287 MILE MARKER 120...U.S. HWY 287 MILE MARKER 110...GAS HILLS RD

  MILE MARKER 10...STATE HWY 134 MILE MARKER 20...STATE HWY 134 MILE

  MARKER 10...U.S. HWY 287/26 MILE MARKER 130...U.S. HWY 287/26 MILE

  MARKER 120...OCEAN LAKE AND HIDDEN VALLEY.



RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR HAVE UP TO 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IN THE LAST 

2 HOURS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT

1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4336 10875 4284 10853 4272 10787 4306 10773



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