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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1152 AM MDT SAT MAY 31 2025
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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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