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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
330 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING...
* UNTIL 530 PM MDT
* AT 322 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM A THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE
POISON CREEK AND DRY POISON CREEK DRAINAGES WEST OF INTERSTATE 25
BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3
INCHES ALSO FELL IN THE SURROUNDING DRAINAGES INCLUDING BILLY CREEK
AND THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE CRAZY WOMAN. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
THROUGHOUT THIS AREA...ESPECIALLY DOWNSTREAM FROM WHERE THIS
HEAVIEST RAIN FELL. THE FLASH FLOODING COULD ALSO AFFECT INTERSTATE
25 BETWEEN ABOUT MILE MARKERS 273 AND 285 AND THE ADJACENT HIGHWAY
296. SOME ROADS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE GRUEB ROAD...MIDDLE FORK
ROAD AND POSSIBLY AS FAR NORTH AS BILLY CREEK ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT WAS IN
EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY.
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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT
1-800-211-1448.
LAT...LON 4415 10643 4386 10657 4404 10694 4420 10685
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