Flash Flood Watch Includes Natrona County
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WYOMING...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...CASPER MOUNTAIN...OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER
MOUNTAINS....ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS...CODY FOOTHILLS...LANDER
FOOTHILLS...NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS...NORTH BIG HORN
BASIN...SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN... SOUTHWEST BIG HORN
BASIN...UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN AND WIND RIVER BASIN.
* FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
* ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER
THUNDERSTORMS. WITH MUCH OF THE AREA ALREADY SATURATED FROM
RECENT RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING IS QUITE POSSIBLE IN THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* ROCK OR MUD SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN STEEPLY SLOPED
AREAS...ESPECIALLY AROUND MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS INCLUDING
WIND RIVER CANYON.
* SMALL STREAMS ARE ALREADY RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL FROM THE RECENT
RAINFALL AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
RISES IN AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. BE PREPARED FOR ADDITIONAL
RISES IN AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.