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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
442 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013

WYZ008>010-172315-
BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST WY-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST WY-NORTHEAST
JOHNSON COUNTY WY-
442 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BIG HORN AND NORTHWESTERN
JOHNSON COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING UNTIL 515 PM MDT...

AT 437 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF U.S.
HWY 14 MILE MARKER 30 TO POWDER RIVER PASS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
U.S. HWY 16 MILE MARKER 80 AROUND 450 PM MDT.
THE GILEAD FIRE BURN SCAR AT AROUND 455 PM MDT.
U.S. HWY 16 MILE MARKER 90...SADDLESTRING AND BUFFALO AROUND 505 PM
MDT.
JOHNSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...I90 MILE MARKER 60...JCT I90 AND I25...
I90 EXIT 53...I90 EXIT 51...I90 EXIT 47...HWY JCT 87 AND I90...LAKE
DE SMET AND FORT PHIL KEARNY AROUND 510 PM MDT.
U.S. HWY 16 AROUND 515 PM MDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND
55.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES
AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A
FLOODED ROADWAY.

REPORT HAZARDOUS WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
RIVERTON AT 1-800-211-1448.

LAT...LON 4410 10703 4460 10756 4464 10749 4461 10745
      4461 10739 4456 10736 4457 10625
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 235DEG 34KT 4459 10737 4423 10700

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