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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
243 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008
...FLOOD WATCH FOR JOHNSON COUNTY AND MOST OF NATRONA COUNTY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
.ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THE LAST THREE DAYS OVER THE MOUNTAINS
ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING HAVE CAUSED RAPID SNOWMELT RUNOFF TO FLOW
INTO MOUNTAIN STREAMS AND RIVERS. MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY STREAMS
HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT RISES IN THE PAST TWO DAYS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF UP TO ONE AND HALF INCHES ARE FORECASTED FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS ADDED RAINFALL ON AN
ALREADY MELTING MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE
THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS. THIS MAY CAUSE
MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY STREAMS TO RISE TO AT OR ABOVE FLOOD LEVELS.

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BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST-NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-
CASPER MOUNTAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE...CASPER
243 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WYOMING AND NORTH CENTRAL 
  WYOMING...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL WYOMING...
  CASPER MOUNTAIN AND NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS. IN NORTH 
  CENTRAL WYOMING...BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST...NORTHEAST 
  JOHNSON COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY.
* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE AND HALF INCHES ARE FORECASTED
  FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS ADDED
  RAINFALL ON AN ALREADY MELTING MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK WILL
  SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF INTO ALREADY
  SWOLLEN STREAMS. THIS MAY CAUSE MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY STREAMS TO
  RISE TO AT OR ABOVE FLOOD LEVELS.
* PEOPLE LIVING NEAR CLEAR CREEK...PINEY CREEK...ROCK CREEK...THE
  NORTH AND MIDDLE FORKS OF THE POWDER RIVER...AND SMALL STREAMS
  FLOWING INTO CASPER SHOULD BE AWARE OF RISING RIVER LEVELS WITH THE
  STRONG POSSIBILITY OF RIVER FLOODING.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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