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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

607 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007



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TETON WY-

607 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHERN TETON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WYOMING...



AT 600 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAIN IS INDICATED BY RADAR AND FROM SPOTTER REPORTS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

JACKSON...JENNY LAKE LODGE...GRAND TARGHEE SKI AREA...RENDEZVOUS 

PEAK...PHELPS LAKE...MOUNT MORAN...LEIGH LAKE...FONDA POINT 

CAMPGROUND...MORAN BAY...GROS VENTRE JCT...COLTER BAY 

VILLAGE...BUFFALO VALLEY RANCH...GRAND TETON...TOGWOTEE 

PASS...KELLY...TETON VILLAGE...MORAN JUNCTION AND MOOSE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH IS

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 830 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...WITH WATER RUNNING ACROSS HIGHWAYS.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



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 4330 11102 4323 11067 4328 11057 4338 11034

      4338 11006 4404 11008 4400 11103



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