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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

531 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2007



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PARK WY-

531 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL PARK COUNTY...



AT 524 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED

OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEARTOOTH 

PASS AND U.S. HWY 212 MILE MARKER 30...THE SWITCHBACKS JUST 

SOUTHWEST OF THE SUMMIT AND SOUTHEAST TO TIBBS BUTTE.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN INDICATED BY RADAR AROUND 

THE BEARTOOTH SUMMIT AND SWITCHBACKS AREA TO TIBBS BUTTE ABOUT 3 

MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE BEARTOOTH SUMMIT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA. THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS LIKELY CAUSING FLASH FLOODING 

AROUND THE BEARTOOTH SUMMIT AND SURROUND AREAS. BE EXTREMELY 

CAUTIOUS IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT

1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4481 10954 4481 10929 4499 10929 4499 10954



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