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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
406 PM MDT WED JUN 21 2023
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON WY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WYOMING...
WIND RIVER NEAR KINNEAR AFFECTING FREMONT COUNTY.
FOR THE WIND RIVER BASIN...INCLUDING RED CREEK, DUBOIS, CROWHEART,
KINNEAR, RIVERTON...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING AT 600 AM MDT.
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406 PM MDT WED JUN 21 2023
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD ADVISORY
* WHAT...FLOODING IS BEGINNING TO IMPACT THE WIND RIVER BRIDGE ON
HIGHWAY 132 NEAR KINNEAR.
* WHERE...WIND RIVER NEAR KINNEAR.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE. AGRICULTURAL FLOODING ALONG
BOTH BANKS BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD AND INTENSIFIES. WATER BEGINS
TO ENCROACH THE NORTH END OF HIGHWAY 132.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:00 PM MDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL REMAIN NEAR FLOOD STAGE THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4314 10886 4323 10879 4306 10848 4299 10848
4307 10873
STRAUB
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