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Flood in Lincoln County, Wyoming

Flood June 5, 2017 – June 23, 2017 · Lincoln County, Wyoming

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What the National Weather Service wrote

High water was reported to have completely washed out several BLM and USFS roads near the Green River in northern Lincoln County north of the Fontenelle Reservoir.

The wider storm

Warming temperatures in June brought rapid snow melt of mountain snow pack and led to flooding around portions of Sublette County, especially along the New Fork and Green Rivers as well as some of it's tributaries. Several low lying BLM roads were damaged or washed out during the flooding, with some roads having over 2 feet of water on them. In addition, many low lying areas had several days of flooding. However, all major state highways and bridges remained open during the flooding. There was no structural damage to buildings with most damage limited to the aforementioned gravel and dirt roads in low lying areas.

Began near La Barge (42.2103, -109.9773).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 705531. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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