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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

752 PM MDT THU SEP 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WYOMING...



* UNTIL 945 PM MDT



* AT 742 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM AROUND OPAL.  THIS HEAVY

  RAIN HAS CAUSED STREET FLOODING WITH A FOOT DEEP OF WATER IN SOME  

  OF THE STREETS IN OPAL...AS WELL AS SOME BASEMENT FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OPAL... 

U.S. HWY 30 MILE MARKER 70...HWY JCT 189 AND 240 AND HWY JCT 189 AND 

372



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES

AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING

SPOTS.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT

1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4202 11026 4189 11006 4162 11028 4171 11050



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