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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

445 PM MDT SAT JUL 1 2006



WYC017-020015-

HOT SPRINGS WY-

445 PM MDT SAT JUL 1 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HOT

SPRINGS COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT...



AT 443 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED NEAR THERMOPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR HAS

INDICATED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH 

LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN ALONG THE NORTH SLOPE OF 

THE OWL CREEK MOUNTAINS SOUTHWEST OF THERMOPOLIS ABOVE RED CANYON 

CREEK. EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA 

IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER HOUR OR MORE FOR THIS RUNOFF TO FLOW DOWN OFF 

THE MOUNTAIN.

 

THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE RED CANYON CREEK. 

OTHER AREAS INCLUDE ALL THE TRIBUARIES OF MUD CREEK AND EAST OF WIND 

RIVER CANYON INCLUDING THE WASHES ABOVE BUFFALO CREEK WHERE RAINFALL

AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR. ROADS THAT MAY

BE AFFECTED INCLUDE COYOTE RUN ROAD...MUD CREEK...OWL CREEK AND 

BUFFALO CREEK ROAD.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RIVERTON.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT

1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4350 10840 4350 10788 4362 10781 4368 10840



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