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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

713 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2007



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TETON WY-

713 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 710 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LIGHT RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

WILL BE A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 

830 PM.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4330 11102 4323 11067 4328 11057 4338 11034

      4338 11006 4404 11008 4400 11103



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