FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
639 PM MDT FRI JUL 3 2009
…A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM FOR EAST CENTRAL NATRONA COUNTY…
AT 635 PM MDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- HOMA HILLS, I25 MILE MARKER 200
- Interstate 25 AND HWY 20
- I-25 EXIT 191
- I-25 EXIT 197
- NATRONA COUNTY AIRPORT
- EDNESS K WILKINS STATE PARK
- EVANSVILLE
- BAR NUNN
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 202.
RAINFALL OF ONE TO ONE-AND-A-HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN AROUND THE CASPER AREA. UNDERPASSES HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS…WITH
WATER A FEW FEET DEEP IN PLACES…SUCH AS ON I25 NEAR BRYAN STOCK
TRAIL EXIT AND CENTER STREET. THE RAINFALL IS SUBSIDING…BUT THE
FLOODING CONCERNS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 9 PM.
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 800-211-1448.
