FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH

TUESDAY AFTERNOON..

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS....BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST...

BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST...CASPER MOUNTAIN AND OWL CREEK AND

BRIDGER MOUNTAINS. IN WYOMING...ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS...CODY

FOOTHILLS...GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE...LANDER

FOOTHILLS...NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS...NORTH BIG HORN

BASIN...NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY...SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN...

SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY...SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN...UPPER

WIND RIVER BASIN...WIND RIVER BASIN AND WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS

EAST.

* FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BISECT A SOUTHWARD

MOVING SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE

MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH

HEAVY RAINFALL IN MANY AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL

DIVIDE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL

MAY FALL OVER AREAS THAT ALREADY HAVE SATURATED SOILS FROM

RECENT HEAVY RAINS AS WELL OVER NEAR BANKFULL RIVERS TO

POTENTIALLY CREATE FLASH FLOODING.

* ROCK OR MUD SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN STEEPLY SLOPED AREAS...

ESPECIALLY AROUND MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS INCLUDING WIND

RIVER CANYON.

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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