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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

1043 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



WYC019-200600-

JOHNSON WY-

1043 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY...



AT 1040 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE ONGOING FLOODING ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 191 BETWEEN KAYCEE   

AND MAYOWORTH. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 191 HAVE WATER FLOWING ABOVE   

AND IN SOME CASES UNDER THE ROAD. ONE LANE OF THE HIGHWAY HAS BEEN 

CLOSED DUE TO THE HIGH WATER ASSOCIATED WITH THE RISING NORTH FORK 

POWDER RIVER. FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THIS AREA BETWEEN 

600 PM AND 800 PM TONIGHT.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AREAS BETWEEN STATE HIGHWAY   

191 AND INTERSTATE 25...ESPECIALLY THOSE LOW AREAS NEAR THE NORTH   

FORK POWDER RIVER. PASS CREEK...PASS CREEK RESERVOIR...AND PRIVATE 

AND COUNTY ROADS NORTHWEST OF KAYCEE WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 

FLASH FLOODING.  



ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA FOR 

THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...FLOOD WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO CREST OVER 

THE NEXT HOUR...BEFORE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT

1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4350 10710 4350 10634 4411 10639 4408 10707



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