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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

714 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2007



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NATRONA WY-

714 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM MDT FOR

CENTRAL NATRONA COUNTY...



AT 709 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. SIX TENTHS OF AN 

INCH FELL IN 15 MINUTES ONE AND A HALF MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN 

CASPER...WHILE 1.25 INCHES FELL IN 30 MINUTES ON THE NORTH EDGE OF

CASPER.  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES EXTEND FROM 20 

MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CASPER...THE EVANSVILLE. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOMA HILLS...

U.S. HWY 20/26 MILE MARKER 20...I25 EXIT 182...JCT I25 AND HWY 20...

I25 EXIT 191...I25 EXIT 197...NATRONA COUNTY AIRPORT...PARADISE

VALLEY...EMIGRANT GAP...EDNESS K WILKINS STATE PARK...EVANSVILLE...

CASPER AND BAR NUNN



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES

AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING

SPOTS.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT

1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4285 10703 4257 10699 4256 10674 4265 10661

      4272 10630 4273 10609 4299 10607 4299 10674



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