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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1030 AM MDT MON APR 14 2008

...FLOOD WATCH FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LINCOLN AND TETON
COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

.AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE MID 50S TO
LOWER 60S. THE WARM UP IN TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE SNOWMELT IN THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS WHICH MAY CAUSE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE
RAPIDLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE WARMER
TEMPERATURES AND RUNOFF WILL HELP BREAK UP ICE THAT HAS BEEN IN
MANY STREAM AND RIVER BEDS. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MINOR FLOODING ASSOCIATED ANY ICE JAMMING AS WELL AS RAPID
MOVEMENT OF WATER OVER ICE COVERED STREAMS.

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JACKSON HOLE-STAR VALLEY-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES-
SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...AFTON...ALPINE...THAYNE...
KEMMERER...COKEVILLE
1030 AM MDT MON APR 14 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WYOMING...SOUTHWEST WYOMING AND WEST
  CENTRAL WYOMING...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST
  WYOMING...JACKSON HOLE. IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING...SOUTH LINCOLN
  COUNTY. IN WEST CENTRAL WYOMING...SALT RIVER AND WYOMING
  RANGES AND STAR VALLEY.

* UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING

* AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE MID 50S TO
  LOWER 60S. THIS WARM UP IN TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE SNOWMELT IN
  THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND POTENTIAL RISES IN WATER LEVELS IN
  LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS.

* RESIDENTS OF STAR VALLEY...JACKSON HOLE...AND THE HAMS FORK
  VALLEY CAN EXPECT RAPID INCREASES IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS
  DUE TO RAPID SNOWMELT AND ICE JAMMING.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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