THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

EAST CENTRAL NATRONA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING...

* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT

* AT 832 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE

WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN A BRIEF

PERIOD OF TIME.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

CASPER...BAR NUNN...EDNESS K WILKINS STATE PARK...EVANSVILLE...

HOGADON SKI AREA...HOMA HILLS...I25 EXIT 182...I25 EXIT 191...I25

EXIT 197...JCT I25 AND HWY 20...NATRONA COUNTY AIRPORT...PARADISE

VALLEY AND RED BUTTES VILLAGE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND

201.

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.

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.

K2 Radio News spoke with Emergency Management Coordinator Stewart Anderson and he says there are no reports of flooding yet. Sirens were triggered with the flash flood warning because it looked like the system was going to stall over the area, so, he says the next hour should tell us if any areas are dealing with rising water.

K2 Radio will update the situation as new information is available.

 

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