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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

347 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2005



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NATRONA WY-

347 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

NATRONA COUNTY...



AT 344 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RED 

WALL...ARMINTO...POWDER RIVER...WALTMAN...HILAND...AND NATRONA.



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN 

FOOTHILLS OF THE BRIDGER MOUNTAINS AND BIGHORN MOUNTAINS.  THE AREA 

OF BADWATER CREEK...15 MILES NORTH OF ARMINTO...HAS RECEIVED OVER 

THREE INCHES OF RAIN...AND MAY RECEIVE ONE TO TWO MORE INCHES.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING 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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS LOW LYING

AREAS ALONG THE BANKS OF STREAMS.



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 4289 10749 4287 10653 4348 10653 4349 10749



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