National Weather Service Issues Weather Advisory For Casper Area
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN NATRONA COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM MDT... AT 502 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RED WALL TO 9 MILES WEST OF EMIGRANT GAP TO 6 MILES EAST OF INDEPENDENCE ROCK...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... EMIGRANT GAP AROUND 525 PM MDT. RED BUTTE AND NATRONA COUNTY AIRPORT AROUND 535 PM MDT. ALCOVA AND PARADISE VALLEY AROUND 540 PM MDT. CASPER...MILLS...EVANSVILLE...BAR NUNN...HOMA HILLS AND TEAPOT ROCK AROUND 545 PM MDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTER SCHOOL...WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...CASPER WYOMING MEDICAL CENTER...PARADISE VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB...ST ANTHONY`S CATHOLIC SCHOOL...CASPER WIND ENXCO INCORPORATION WIND FARM...MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...CASPER NATRONA COUNTY AIRPORT...WOODS LEARNING CENTER AND ROTARY PARK. # THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 184 AND 225. INTERSTATE 90 NEAR MILE MARKER 42. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.