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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

1233 AM MDT FRI AUG 3 2007



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SWEETWATER WY-

1233 AM MDT FRI AUG 3 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT FOR

CENTRAL SWEETWATER COUNTY...



AT 1231 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN JUST NORTHWEST OF 

WAMSUTTER...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.  THIS THUNDERSTORM 

IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN HOUR.  

THIS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...MAINLY FROM TABLE ROCK TO NEAR 

CHAIN LAKES.  ELSEWHERE...THE RAIN IS TAPERING OFF...AND ANY 

FLOODED ROADWAYS OR WASHES...SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE THROUGH 130 AM. 

TRAVELERS ON INTERSTATE 80 FROM NEAR SUPERIOR TO EAST OF 

WAMSUTTER...SHOULD BE READY FOR SUDDEN VISIBILITY REDUCTION AND 

PONDING ON THE INTERSTATE.



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.



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 4116 10947 4118 10798 4165 10795 4172 10758

      4204 10755 4214 10876 4180 10953



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