Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Riverton, WY

Issued

Jun 24, 2011, 2:19 PM MDT (20:19 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 2011, 5:42 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Riverton, WY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Big Horn County, WY

The Billings radar (KBLX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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950 
WGUS55 KRIW 242019
FFWRIW
WYC003-250200-
/O.NEW.KRIW.FF.W.0004.110624T2019Z-110625T0200Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
219 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RAIN AND MELTING SNOW IN...
  EAST CENTRAL BIG HORN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING...

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 214 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP  
  TO AN INCH OF NEW RAIN IN ADDITION TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OF WATER FROM  
  SNOWMELT WILL CAUSE RAPID RISE IN AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE        
  THE SHELL CREEK DRAINAGE.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

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

LAT...LON 4466 10752 4464 10752 4465 10750 4462 10747
      4462 10743 4452 10734 4443 10745 4453 10789
      4463 10779 4469 10755

$$

BERC

938 
WGUS75 KRIW 242342
FFSRIW

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
542 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2011

WYC003-242356-
/O.CAN.KRIW.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110625T0200Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BIG HORN WY-
542 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL BIG 
HORN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL 
FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 530 PM MDT SATURDAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL BIG HORN 
COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD 
WARNING UNTIL 530 PM MDT SATURDAY.  PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF FLOODING WAS OBSERVED PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON.

&&

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

LAT...LON 4466 10752 4464 10752 4465 10750 4462 10747
      4462 10743 4452 10734 4443 10745 4453 10789
      4463 10779 4469 10755

$$

C. BAKER

Flash Flood Warnings in Wyoming, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.