Flash Flood Watch in Effect Thru Midnight for Natrona County

The lower elevations of Natrona County are under a Flash Flood through midnight tonight.

... FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS... THE WIND RIVER BASIN IN CENTRAL WYOMING... THE SOUTHERN BIGHORN BASIN... THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS... NATRONA COUNTY AND JOHNSON COUNTY.

* FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS RAIN WILL FALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS.

* ROCK OR MUD SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN STEEPLY SLOPED AREAS... ESPECIALLY AROUND MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS.

* SMALL STREAMS ALREADY RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL FROM SNOWMELT AND PAST RAINFALL COULD EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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... FLASH FLOODING OR DEBRIS SLIDES POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.ANOTHER DAY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING... POTENTIALLY CAUSING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. RAIN WILL FALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS... AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES AT RIVERS ALREADY APPROACHING BANKFULL. ADDITIONALLY... MUD AND ROCK SLIDES MAY BECOME FAVORABLE AT PRONE LOCATIONS.