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Flood Watch 2, NWS Riverton, WY

May 20, 2008Johnson County, Natrona County, Washakie County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this flood watch at May 20, 2008, 2:43 PM MDT for Johnson County, Natrona County, Washakie County, Wyoming. It took effect at May 21, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 54 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2008, 2:43 PM MDT (20:43 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 23, 2008, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 54 hr
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY
Flood severity: None

Counties Johnson County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Washakie County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Riverton, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at May 20, 2:56 AM MDT, 11 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 2:56 AM MDT, 11 hours 47 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 3:14 PM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	RIW	Fremont, Sublette	25 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.