Flash Flood Watch
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.