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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1244 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

WYZ008>011-181945-
BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST WY-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST WY-NORTHEAST
JOHNSON COUNTY WY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY WY-
1244 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY UNTIL 145
PM MDT...

AT 1237 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DULLKNIFE RESERVOIR...OR 22 MILES EAST OF
TEN SLEEP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THERE ARE ACTUALLY A CLUSTER
OF STORMS OVER THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. EACH STORM HAS THE CAPABILITY
OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
STATE HWY 196 MILE MARKER 280 AROUND 125 PM MDT.
STATE HWY 196 MILE MARKER 290 AROUND 140 PM MDT.
I25 MILE MARKER 290 AROUND 145 PM MDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 282 AND
299.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND
67.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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 4442 10678 4410 10645 4389 10701 4424 10712
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 237DEG 16KT 4404 10697

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