677  
WGUS55 KRIW 140104  
FFWRIW  
WYC023-140400-  
/O.NEW.KRIW.FF.W.0004.240814T0104Z-240814T0400Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY  
704 PM MDT TUE AUG 13 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WYOMING...  
 
* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT.  
 
* AT 704 PM MDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL  
HAIL HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING, INCLUDING WATER COMING INTO HOMES  
IN OPAL. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. ADDITIONAL LIGHT  
RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.  
 
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.  
 
IMPACT...FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,  
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER  
DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
OPAL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.  
 
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 4177 11031 4177 11032 4177 11033 4178 11032  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
 

 
 
HENSLEY  
 
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