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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Riverton, WY

August 2, 20086 counties in Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this red flag warning at Aug 2, 2008, 2:48 PM MDT for 6 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Aug 3, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2008, 2:48 PM MDT (20:48 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 3, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 3, 2008, 9:01 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY

Counties Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Park County, WY, Sublette County, WY, Sweetwater County, WY, Teton County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Aug 1, 3:07 PM MDT, 23 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:07 PM MDT, 23 hours 41 minutes before
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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.