Flood Watch
NWS Riverton WY ยท US
Details
Flood Watch Remains In Effect Through This 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 and north central 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.
When
Through this 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 and around steep terrain.
Additional details
- A slow moving weather system will bring rounds of showers and thunderstorms to the region. Any shower or thunderstorm could produce 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
- 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
- ~1m15s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2YXX4MZDEXCX61TCRNNQ1BQ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.69dcb83c330bfb65a3c681c097499c7a71c5f577.002.1
- 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.3947
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFARIW |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS65 KRIW 200810 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KRIW.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-260921T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T18:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1876f5455e773be589da2d1e313e0b0bd3924509.001.1,2026-09-19T01:34:00-06:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e9cef46381c72b6f57421771f0322e97248911b0.002.1,2026-09-18T13:10:00-06:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f7ed2d85ed351e3b0a758f1c5d54b4b4690f817a.001.1,2026-09-18T03:07:00-06:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f5a18324ab2483f5a7d7b63e6a363254874ad6d8.001.1,2026-09-17T10:33:00-06:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Owl Creek and Bridger Mountains
- Bighorn Mountains West
- Bighorn Mountains Southeast
- Northeast Johnson County
- Southeast Johnson County
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 056013 |
| SAME | 056017 |
| SAME | 056025 |
| SAME | 056003 |
| SAME | 056019 |
| SAME | 056043 |
| UGC | WYZ007 |
| UGC | WYZ008 |
| UGC | WYZ009 |
| UGC | WYZ010 |
| UGC | WYZ011 |