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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

447 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BIG HORN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING...



* UNTIL 645 PM MDT



* AT 445 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE       

  WESTERN SLOPES OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS...FROM ROUGHLY JUST WEST   

  OF CLOUD PEAK...SOUTH TO JUST NORTH OF POWDER RIVER PASS.          

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER  

  THE PAST HOUR...AND ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



LOCATIONS OF GREATEST CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOODING ARE AREAS NEAR 

PAINT ROCK...LONG PARK AND SHEEP CREEKS...AND OTHER CREEKS AND 

STREAMS THAT ARE LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF CLOUD PEAK IN THE BIGHORN 

MOUNTAINS SOUTH...TO NORTH OF POWDER RIVER PASS. 



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.



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 TAKES ONLY 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 4417 10743 4417 10715 4443 10722 4446 10757



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