675  
WGUS85 KRIW 311752  
FLSRIW  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY  
1152 AM MDT SAT MAY 31 2025  
 
WYC043-021800-  
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WASHAKIE WY-  
1152 AM MDT SAT MAY 31 2025  
   
..FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SNOWMELT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING CAUSED BY SNOWMELT IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...ALONG TENSLEEP CREEK AND CANYON CREEK IN NORTHEASTERN  
WASHAKIE COUNTY NEAR AND ABOVE THE TOWN OF TENSLEEP.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  
SOME LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. RIVER OR STREAM  
FLOWS ARE ELEVATED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1136 AM MDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE RIVER RISES TO NEAR OR  
ABOVE BANKFULL CONDITIONS EARLIER THIS MORNING DUE TO WARM  
TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED HIGH-ELEVATION SNOWMELT.  
- CREEK LEVELS CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND  
EVENING, BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT, AND EXCEED  
BANKFULL CONDITIONS AGAIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A SIMILAR  
DIURNAL PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
TEN SLEEP, TENSLEEP CANYON, LEIGH CREEK CAMPGROUND AND WIGWAM  
FISH REARING STATION.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW  
WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS. CAMPERS AND  
HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS.  
 
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.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4407 10731 4406 10735 4402 10731 4401 10734  
4404 10737 4404 10740 4402 10744 4403 10746  
4407 10739 4409 10732  
 

 
 
HENSLEY  
 
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