HEADS UP TETON County: UNTIL 900 PM MST * AT 1255 PM MST...TETON COUNTY HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING OF RESIDENCES AND OTHER BUILDINGS DUE TO SNOWMELT. THE WATER IS UNABLE TO FILTER INTO THE FROZEN GROUND...AND IS INSTEAD FLOWING INTO LOW AREAS AND OUTLETS. LIGHT RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL AID IN FURTHER SNOWMELT AND ADDITIONAL OR AT LEAST SUSTAINED MINOR FLOODING. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL EASE THE FLOODING HAZARD FOR FRIDAY. IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS FLOODING SCENARIO MAY REPEAT ITSELF THIS WEEKEND. WARMER TEMPERATURES AND MORE SUNSHINE WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL SNOWMELT BOTH DAYS. PLEASE MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ANY NEW ADVISORIES SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED. * MINOR FLOODING COULD OCCUR ALMOST ANYWHERE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE JACKSON VALLEY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF JACKSON AND NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL AREAS. BUTTES IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF JACKSON WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ROCK SLIDES AND RUNNING WATER. SANDBAGS AND SAND ARE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES FOR IMMEDIATE PROTECTION OF PROPERTY FROM FLOODING. THESE CAN BE FOUND AT THE TOWN OF JACKSON PUBLIC WORKS YARD AT 450 WEST SNOW KING AVENUE AND AT THE TETON COUNTY ROAD AND LEVEE YARD AT 3190 SOUTH ADAMS CANYON DRIVE. CALL TETON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AT 307-733-9572 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. #wywx -MS
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 22:50:32 +0000
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