Flood Watch
NWS Riverton WY ยท US
Details
Flood Watch In Effect From Friday Afternoon Through Sunday Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flash flooding caused by moderate to heavy rainfall is possible, especially in terrain and poor drainage areas.
Where
Portions of central, north central, and northwest Wyoming, including the following areas, in central Wyoming, Owl Creek and Bridger Mountains. In north central Wyoming, Bighorn Mountains Southeast, Bighorn Mountains West, Northeast Johnson County and Southeast Johnson County. In northwest Wyoming, Absaroka Mountains and Cody Foothills.
When
From Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon.
Impacts
Excessive rainfall may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
Additional details
- A slow moving weather system is forecast to trek across Wyoming Friday through Sunday and bring abundant moisture to the region, especially northern Wyoming, and thunderstorms. Multiple rounds of thunderstorms are expected and will be capable of producing moderate to heavy rainfall across the Watch Area. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
Affected areas
- Absaroka Mountains
- Cody Foothills
- Owl Creek and Bridger Mountains
- Bighorn Mountains West
- Bighorn Mountains Southeast
- Northeast Johnson County
- Southeast Johnson County
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Riverton WY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~29s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2R3EJJNH5XC82Z6EDVY0B9X
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f5a18324ab2483f5a7d7b63e6a363254874ad6d8.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Riverton WY
- AWIPS ID
- CAPRIW
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.6377
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFARIW |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS65 KRIW 171633 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRIW.FA.A.0006.260918T1800Z-260921T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T18:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Absaroka Mountains
- Cody Foothills
- Owl Creek and Bridger Mountains
- Bighorn Mountains West
- Bighorn Mountains Southeast
- Northeast Johnson County
- Southeast Johnson County
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 056013 |
| SAME | 056017 |
| SAME | 056029 |
| SAME | 056025 |
| SAME | 056003 |
| SAME | 056019 |
| SAME | 056043 |
| UGC | WYZ002 |
| UGC | WYZ003 |
| UGC | WYZ007 |
| UGC | WYZ008 |
| UGC | WYZ009 |
| UGC | WYZ010 |
| UGC | WYZ011 |