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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 24, 2008Converse County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2008, 10:57 AM MDT for Converse County, Wyoming. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2008, 10:57 AM MDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2008, 6:12 AM MDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Flood severity: Minor

County Converse County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North Platte River near Orin (ORIW4). The gauge peaked at 7.98 ft at May 24, 2008, 11:00 AM MDT.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06652000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 24, 3:38 AM MDT, 7 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 3:38 AM MDT, 7 hours 19 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 6:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Niobrara	58 min
May 23, 6:07 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	CYS	Goshen	26 min
May 23, 7:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	CYS	Albany, Converse, Goshen, Niobrara, Platte	23 hr
May 23, 6:10 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	CYS	Kimball	28 min
May 23, 6:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Morrill	41 min
May 23, 8:39 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	CYS	Cheyenne	2 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.