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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

232 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006



WYC019-052200-

JOHNSON WY-

232 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON

COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM MDT...



AT 228 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO ALONG HIGHWAY 

16.  DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL LIKELY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO U.S. HWY 16 

MILE MARKER 80...AS WELL AS SEVERAL CAMPGROUNDS ALONG CLEAR CREEK.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT

1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4420 10707 4420 10682 4438 10682 4438 10707



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T. BAKER

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