Flash Flood Warning Issued for Casper, Wy

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL NATRONA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING... * UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT * AT 915 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN CASPER AND EVANSVILLE...AND JUST NORTH OF THE SHEEP HERDER HILL BURN SCAR AREA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BEARTRAP MEADOWS COUNTY PARK...EDNESS K WILKINS STATE PARK... EVANSVILLE AND I25 EXIT 182...AND POSSIBLY AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF THE SHEEP HERDER HILL BURN SCAR AREA IF THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION SHIFTS SOUTHWARD. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 187. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE MUD AND ROCK SLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEPLY SLOPED TERRAIN. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT 1-800-211-1448.