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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

451 PM MDT MON AUG 7 2006



WYC019-080030-

JOHNSON WY-

451 PM MDT MON AUG 7 2006



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

COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT...



AT 450 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY. THE 

FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG TIPPERARY ROAD BETWEEN LUDDECK 

ROAD AND DOUBLE CROSS ROAD. DEPUTIES REPORT THAT A PORTION OF 

TIPPERARY ROAD HAS ALREADY BEEN WASHED OUT. DOPPLER RADAR NOW 

ESTIMATES A GROWING AREA OF TWO AND TWO AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF

RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER 

NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES EAST OF 

BUFFALO...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.



ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM NOW CROSSING INTERSTATE 90 SOUTHEAST OF BUFFALO 

WILL TRACK ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 500 AND 530 PM. THE SLOW 

MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL ENABLE ANOTHER ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH OF 

RAIN TO FALL ALONG TIPPERARY ROAD. 



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. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON 

FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. TURN YOUR CAR 

AROUND DO NOT DROWN.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT

1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4448 10648 4432 10637 4441 10603 4455 10603

      4456 10631



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