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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

602 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BIG HORN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREYBULL...



* UNTIL 800 PM MDT



* AT 601 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HWY 310/789

  MILE MARKER 215 AND HWY JCT 310 AND 14



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH ARE 

EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG DRY CREEK. THE DRY CREEK AREA UPSTREAM 

OF GREYBULL HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THIS 

STORM. FLASH FLOODING OF DRY CREEK AND THE NEARBY WASHES ARE LIKELY 

OCCURRING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 4459 10822 4459 10797 4441 10797 4441 10822

TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 180DEG 0KT 4450 10809



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