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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON, WY
100 AM MDT SUN MAY 18 2008
...RAPID RIVER RISES ARE EXPECTED ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS 
WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
WARMER THEN AVERAGE MOUNTAIN TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE WESTERN AND 
CENTRAL WYOMING MOUNTAINS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL CAUSE INCREASED 
RUNOFF INTO AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS.  RAPID RISES ALONG AREA STREAMS 
AND RIVERS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
REMEMBER THAT DURING AN ACTIVE SNOWMELT RUNOFF PERIOD, THE RIVERS AND
STREAMS WILL BE THEIR HIGHEST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...TO 
COMPENSATE FOR THE STREAMFLOW TRAVEL LAG AFTER THE ACTIVE SNOWMELT 
IN THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. ANYONE NEAR AREA RIVERS IN THE NEXT FEW 
DAYS SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY RISING RIVER LEVELS DURING THE EARLY 
MORNING HOURS.
AT THIS TIME...NO RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD OF 
INCREASED SNOWMELT RUNOFF. STAY TUNED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL 
UPDATES...ADVISORIES...OR EVEN WARNINGS IF RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED 
TO RISE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. 
THE OUTLOOK IS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND MUCH 
COOLER TEMPERATURES STARTING THURSDAY.   
YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND RIVER INFORMATION AT OUR WEB 
SITE: HTTP//WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/RIW (CLICK ON RIVERS AND LAKES)
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