Flash Flood Watch Natrona County
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.