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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

629 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008



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BIG HORN WY-

629 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR

CENTRAL BIG HORN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING...



AT 626 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED OVER AN INCH OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND GREYBULL SINCE 530 PM WITH DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATING UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF 

GREYBULL ALONG DRY CREEK. EVEN THOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN 

GREYBULL THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM.

THE BIG HORN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT GREYBULL RIVER ROAD 

SOUTHWEST OF GREYBULL WAS FLOODED.



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

MILE MARKER 215 AND HWY JCT 310 AND 14



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...ESPECIALLY AROUND DRY CREEK.



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.



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 4459 10822 4459 10797 4441 10797 4441 10822

TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 180DEG 0KT 4450 10809



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