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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

330 PM MDT WED SEP 5 2007



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TETON WY-LINCOLN WY-SUBLETTE WY-

330 PM MDT WED SEP 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN TETON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WYOMING...AND NORTHWESTERN

SUBLETTE AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL

WYOMING...



AT 327 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT U.S.

HIGHWAY 89 THROUGH SNAKE RIVER CANYON HAS BEEN CLOSED AS A

RESULT OF MUD AND ROCK SLIDES ACROSS THE ROAD. THE SLIDE AREA IS

REPORTED TO BE FIVE FEET DEEP...ABOUT 190 FEET LONG AND HAS

RIPPED TREES AND BOULDERS ONTO THE ROAD SURFACE. THE LINCOLN

COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS IT MAY BE AFTER 600 PM UNTIL THE ROAD

IS RE-OPENED BETWEEN HOBACK JUNCTION AND ALPINE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN BOTH THE SNAKE RIVER AND HOBACK CANYONS WILL 

BE LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER INCH AS THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS 

HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RAINFALL TOTALS OF 

THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH HAVE FALLEN. THUS...ADDITIONAL 

RUN-OFF MAY STILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



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 4311 11104 4310 11022 4341 11023 4341 11104



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