Flood Advisory
NWS Riverton WY ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 915 PM MDT This Evening
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
South Central Fremont County in central Wyoming over the Weiser Knoll Burn Scar...
When
Until 915 PM MDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 612 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.2 inches of rain have fallen. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Dry Twin Creek, West Fork Cottonwood Creek, Critnan Creek, Red Canyon Creek, Beaver Creek, North Fork Hall Creek, Stambaugh Creek, East Fork Cottonwood Creek, Twin Creek and Tweed Creek. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Mainly rural areas of South Central Fremont County over the Weiser Knoll Burn Scar. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely. The heavy rains will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep terrain, especially in and around these areas.
Affected areas
- Fremont County, WY
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Riverton WY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~30s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Y2M62MWTNEGGCZ5NFFCWGG
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.123b050cfd8970a5ebcc01ea0e92af90db1b371d.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.479
- 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 | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSRIW |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS85 KRIW 200014 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRIW.FA.Y.0050.260920T0014Z-260920T0315Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T21:15:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Fremont County, WY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 056013 |
| UGC | WYC013 |
- Polygons
- 42.6,-108.62 42.61,-108.6 42.62,-108.6 42.63,-108.56 42.67,-108.54 42.66,-108.47 42.64,-108.45 42.62,-108.45 42.62,-108.47 42.61,-108.47 42.58,-108.51 42.56,-108.55 42.6,-108.62