Expires:201307061800;;616409 FGUS85 KRIW 061222 RVSRIW WYC019-061800- HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON, WY 622 AM MDT SAT JUL 6 2013 ...RIVER RISE IS EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE POWDER RIVER AT KAYCEE THIS MORNING... FOR THE MIDDLE FORK POWDER RIVER ABOVE KAYCEE...THE LATEST STAGE WAS 5.7 FEET AS OF 600 AM MDT. FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. HEAVY RAIN FRIDAY EVENING CAUSED THE RIVER TO RISE TO 7.6 FEET AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE RIVER HAS BEEN ON THE DECLINE SINCE MIDNIGHT AND IS FORECAST TO DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY AT THIS STAGE LOCATION. HOWEVER...THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE POWDER RIVER WILL BE RISING AROUND KAYCEE THIS MORNING. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST BY NOON TODAY... THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON. WHILE FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...WATER LEVELS WILL RISE SIGNIFICANTLY AND THE CURRENT WILL BE TURBULENT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FALLS IN THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE POWDER RIVER DRAINAGE...RIVER LEVELS WILL LIKELY RISE AGAIN. PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR THE RIVER LEVEL AND REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-800-211-1448. && $$ AR