Flood Potential Outlook
Issued by NWS Cheyenne, WY

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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
130 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013

...WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN
RIVERS AND STREAMS FLOWING OUT OF THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE
RANGES...

WATER LEVELS IN THE RIVERS AND STREAMS ORIGINATING IN THE SNOWY AND
SIERRA MADRE RANGES WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
AT THIS TIME...NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...BY
SATURDAY...SOME RIVERS AND ESPECIALLY SMALL STREAMS MAY APPROACH
BANKFULL LEVELS.

WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY OVER THE SNOWY AND
SIERRA MADRE RANGES AND WILL BE THE MAIN FACTOR IN THE MOUNTAIN SNOW
MELT.  HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE WARMEST TODAY AND SATURDAY IN
THE MOUNTAINS WITH READINGS IN THE 50S TO MID 60S. MEANWHILE...LOW
TEMPERATURES ON THOSE DAYS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S.

ALONG WITH THE UPCOMING WARM TEMPERATURES...SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER
THE MOUNTAINS. WESTERLY WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH DURING THE
DAYTIME HOURS IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY. BOTH THE RAINFALL
SATURDAY AND THE GUSTY WINDS WILL AID IN THE SNOW MELT.

THE ADDITIONAL SNOW MELT THROUGH THIS WEEKEND WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS
TO RISE FURTHER IN RIVERS AND STREAMS ORIGINATING IN THE MOUNTAINS.
BE SURE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WATER LEVELS AND THE RIVERS AND STREAMS
AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS CONCERNING HIGH WATER LEVELS. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO MAKE RIVER CROSSINGS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY DUE TO THE
INCREASING WATER LEVELS AND THE FAST FLOWING RIVERS AND STREAMS.

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VISIT WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE AND SELECT THE RIVERS AND LAKES TAB FOR
GRAPHICAL FORECASTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

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