Hazardous Weather Outlook
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
500 AM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

WYZ001>020-022>030-151200-
ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST-
BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-CASPER MOUNTAIN-CODY FOOTHILLS-
EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY-FLAMING GORGE-
GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE-JACKSON HOLE-LANDER FOOTHILLS-
NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-
NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-
ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES-
SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN-
SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-STAR VALLEY-
TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN-
UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-
WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK-
500 AM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE RAPID MELTING OF THE
MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK. THIS WILL RESULT IN MODERATE TO PERHAPS
SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS EARLY TO MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. PLEASE SEE THE WYOMING SPRING SNOWMELT FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK
ISSUED MAY 8TH...TO SEE WHAT DRAINAGES ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO
FLOODING BY MOUNTAIN SNOWMELT. THIS OUTLOOK IS FOUND ON OUR
WEBSITE...WEATHER.GOV/RIVERTON...UNDER THE TOP NEWS OF THE DAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ISOLATED MAINLY MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT IN NORTHWEST WYOMING.

ON FRIDAY...WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL COVER
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN WYOMING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE
QUITE STRONG.

SATURDAY...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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TEAM RIVERTON
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