{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.230c663dfdba297f55e8e649989c11287cd932bf.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 16 at 4:28PM MDT until July 16 at 7:30PM MDT by NWS Riverton WY","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-16","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.230c663dfdba297f55e8e649989c11287cd932bf.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Riverton WY"},"word_count":289,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 16 at 4:28PM MDT until July 16 at 7:30PM MDT by NWS Riverton WY\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Big Horn, WY; Washakie, WY\n**Issued by:** NWS Riverton WY\n**Sent:** 2026-07-16T16:28:00-06:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-16T16:28:00-06:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-16T19:30:00-06:00\n\n## Description\nFFWRIW\n\nThe National Weather Service in Riverton has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nSouth Central Big Horn County in central Wyoming...\nNorthern Washakie County in central Wyoming...\n\n* Until 730 PM MDT.\n\n* At 428 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of\nrain have fallen on the normally dry washes and gulches that feed\ninto the Nowood River upstream of Manderson. The expected rainfall\nrate is 1 to 2 inches per hour with current thunderstorms. Flash\nflooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, as well as\nother poor drainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nMainly rural areas of South Central Big Horn and Northern Washakie\nCounties along the Nowood River upstream of Manderson.\n\nThis includes the following streams and drainages...\nBetonite Ridge Draw, Paint Rock Creek, South Fork Brokenback Creek,\nHidden Dome Draw, Nowood River, Sand Creek, Zeisman Dome Draw, East\nFork McDermotts Gulch, Buffalo Creek, Weintz Draw, Brokenback Creek\nand Big Cottonwood Creek.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nBe aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.\n\nIn hilly terrain there are hundreds of low spots and normally dry\nwater crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not\nattempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route."}