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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1022 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2019
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WYOMING...
NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT SARATOGA AFFECTING CARBON COUNTY
HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY
A RELATIVELY QUIET PERIOD OF WEATHER WILL PREVAIL OVER THE NEXT 24 TO
48 HOURS, WITH ABOVE NORMAL CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION RETURNING TO
SOUTHEAST WYOMING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A CONTINUED GRADUAL RISE
CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT SARATOGA, WITH RIVER
LEVELS STILL EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. A CREST APPEARS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK. IN
ADDITION, CONSIDERABLE SNOW PACK STILL EXISTS ABOVE 9000 FEET WHICH
MAY AGITATE CONCERNS WITH ANY PROLONGED PERIODS OF WET CONDITIONS OR
EXCESSIVE WARMTH IN THE COMING WEEKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. THE WATER
MAY BE DEEP ENOUGH TO FLOAT YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND, DON'T
DROWN.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 20TH.
WYC007-201622-
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1022 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2019
* FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT SARATOGA.
* THE LATEST STAGE IS 8.1 FEET AT 10 AM WEDNESDAY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST, WITH A MAXIMUM STAGE OF 8.7 FEET, WHICH
IS 0.2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
* THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 8.5 FEET AT 06 PM
FRIDAY.
* THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 12 AM TUESDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AT THE DEER HAVEN
RV PARK INTENSIFIES AND BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. STANDING WATER
INUNDATES YARDS OF HOMES ALONG THE RIVER IN TOWN. FLOOD WATERS
BEGIN IMPACTING ACCESS TO VETERANS ISLAND PARK. THE GOLF COURSE
NEAR THE SARATOGA INN BECOMES INUNDATED WITH WATER.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.7 FEET
ON JUN 14 1965.
LAT...LON 4174 10707 4174 10688 4140 10665 4132 10684
4155 10705
CLH
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