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WGUS45 KCYS 081646
FLWCYS
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1046 AM MDT WED JUN 8 2011

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO RECORD SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WYOMING...

  NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT SARATOGA AFFECTING CARBON COUNTY

.SNOWMELT FROM THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RUNOFF AND
HIGH WATER LEVELS RISES ALONG THE UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT SARATOGA.
THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK...PERHAPS 
SLOWING THE RATE OF SNOWMELT AND RUNOFF. THOSE RIVERS WILL REMAIN 
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK...BUT WILL END UP BEING 
NEAR STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING BY FRIDAY.   

THE NORTH PLATTE AT SARATOGA WILL BE AT RECORD STAGE OF 10.6 BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING DOWN TO AROUND 10.3
FEET BY SUNDAY.   

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LOW-LYING AREAS AND SECONDARY ROADS MAY BE FLOODED.  DO NOT WALK...
RIDE BICYCLES...OR DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND.

GRAPHICAL FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT:
HTTP:///WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=CYS  (ALL LOWER CASE)

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING. 

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1046 AM MDT WED JUN 8 2011

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MODERATE TO RECORD SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT SARATOGA.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. 
* AT 945 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET. 
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND RECORD FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* IMPACT...AT 10.5 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN 
  SARATOGA.
* IMPACT...AT 10.4 FEET...RECORD STAGE (6/20/1917).
* IMPACT...AT 10.2 FEET...RECORD FLOW OF 16100 CFS OCCURRED AT THIS 
  STAGE (6/13/2010).
* IMPACT...AT 9.5 FEET...MAJOR FLOODING OF DEER HAVEN MOBILE HOME PARK
  JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN SARATOGA. MINOR FLOODING OF HOMES ALONG LEFT
  AND RIGHT BANKS IN SARATOGA. VETERANS ISLAND PARK IS INUNDATED WITH
  FLOOD WATERS. A MAJORITY OF THE GOLF COURSE NEAR THE SARATOGA INN 
  IS UNDER WATER.  WATER APPROACHING BASE OF WOODEN STEPS OF NE 
  CORNER OF SIERRA MADRE TROUT CLUB HOUSE 100 FT DOWNSTREAM ON LEFT 
  BANK.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IN THE DEER HAVEN
  MOBILE HOME AND RV PARK INTENSIFIES AND BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. 
  STANDING WATER OVER YARDS OF HOMES ALONG RIVER IN TOWN. FLOOD 
  WATERS BEGIN AFFECTING ACCESS TO VETERANS ISLAND PARK. THE GOLF 
  COURSE NEAR THE SARATOGA INN BECOMES INUNDATED WITH WATER.
* IMPACT...AT 8.5 FEET...FLOOD STAGE. LOW LYING AREAS IN THE DEER 
  HAVEN MOBILE HOME AND RV PARK JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN BEGIN TO BE 
  IMPACTED BY FLOOD WATERS. WATER APPROACHES LOW LYING AREAS OF HOMES
  ALONG RIVER IN TOWN. WATER ENTERING LOW AREAS OF VETERANS ISLAND 
  PARK.
* IMPACT...AT 7.5 FEET...BANKFULL STAGE. WATER APPROACHES LOW LYING 
  AREAS WITH ONLY MINOR FLOODING.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 10.2 FEET
  ON JUN 13 2010.

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