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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

911 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL NATRONA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CASPER...



* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT



* AT 906 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 CASPER...

  MILLS...EDNESS K WILKINS STATE PARK...EVANSVILLE AND BAR NUNN



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE 

CASPER AREA SINCE 7 PM MDT.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 178 AND

197.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT

1-800-211-1448.



LAT...LON 4299 10639 4299 10611 4273 10612 4274 10642



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