Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible Saturday afternoon into early evening across parts of the southern High Plains. Damaging winds, large hail, isolated tornadoes, and heavy to excessive rainfall are possible. Along the Atlantic Coast, widespread minor to isolated moderate coastal flooding at high tides is forecast through the weekend. Read More >
Situation Overview: Rivers above or near flood stage will continue to mostly recede over the weekend as cooler temperatures have reduced snowmelt runoff and remaining snowpack between 9000 and 11,000 feet has been significantly depleted over the last several days. Outflows from some area reservoirs will remain very high leading to downstream rivers running near or above flood stage for the next several days.
| Location | SWE change in last 72 hrs. | SWE change in last 7 days. | Remaining SWE at 10 pm MDT Saturday, June 24 |
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| Togwotee Pass (elevation 9580 ft.) |
-4.2"' | -9.8"' | 5.6"' |
| Deer Park (Southern Wind River Mtns - elevation 9700 ft.) |
-0.8"' | -7.9" | 0.0"' |
| Hobbs Park (Southern Wind River Mtns - elevation 10100 ft.) |
-2.0"' | -9.0"' | 0.0"' |
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Blackwater |
-6.8"' | -10.9"' | 12.3"' |
A flood warning remains in effect until 5 pm Sunday for the Green River from near the confluence with the New Fork River near Big Piney to Fontenelle Reservoir.
Hobbs Park is a SnoTel Site at 10,100 feet in the Wind River Mountains at the headwaters of the Popo Agie and Little Wind Rivers. This site began June with 28.6 inches (green line) of Snow Water Equivalent and 65" of snow depth. On Saturday night, June 24th, No snow remained at this site.
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Green River Basin Flooding: A Flood Warning is in effect along the Green River from near the confluence with the New Fork River near Big Piney to Fontenelle Reservoir. The Green River at La Barge was steady near 10 feet Saturday evening, and is forecast to recede to near its flood stage of 9.0 feet by mid-week. The river crested at 10.2 feet on June 11th at this location. The record crest is 10.5 feet on June 9, 1986.
Any kind of recreation on the Green River and New Fork River is not advised. Minor low-land flooding is likely.
Wind River and Little Wind River near Riverton: No flood warnings remained in effect. The Big Wind and Little Wind River near Riverton continue to recede significantly and are expected to fall below flood stage early Sunday morning.
Big Horn River: No flood warnings remain in effect. The Bighorn River will continue to run high for the next several days due to high release rates from Boysen Reservoir. The Bighorn River at Worland is expected to continue fluctuating between 11.2 and 11.5 feet. Partial flooding of Riverside Park in Worland will continue. Moderate flooding begins above 11.5 feet.
Do not attempt to cross streams during these times as the swift and cold water will easily carry you downstream! Please stay away from flood waters!
River Gauge Stages and Forecasts (AHPS)
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above Hudson near Lander |
near Mortimore Lane Bridge - Lander |
at Fort Washakie |
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near Riverton |
at Riverton |
near Dubois |
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near Sweetwater Station |
at Warren Bridge |
near La Barge |
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near Valley |
South Fork of the Shoshone River above Buffalo Bill Reservoir |
at Worland |
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