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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
621 PM MDT FRI JUL 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL NATRONA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CASPER...

* UNTIL 915 PM MDT

* AT 616 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM IN THE CASPER AREA...INCLUDING
  MILLS...BAR NUNN AND EVANSVILLE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JCT I25 AND
  HWY 20...HOMA HILLS...NATRONA COUNTY AIRPORT...EVANSVILLE AND BAR
  NUNN AND MILLS.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A HALF AN INCH...AND ONE INCH OF RAIN COULD
OCCUR THROUGH 700 PM.  THIS RAIN...COMBINED WITH PREVIOUS RAINS OVER
THE LAST FEW DAYS COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING.  PONDING ON AREA
ROADWAYS...AND FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS
POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT
1-800-211-1448.

LAT...LON 4306 10608 4267 10608 4267 10662 4306 10662

$$

MURRELL