Alert archive / Wyoming / River Flood Warnings in 2008
River Flood Warning 3, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2008, 4:49 PM MDT for Johnson County, Wyoming. It took effect at May 23, 2008, 9:24 PM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2008, 4:49 PM MDT (22:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2008, 9:24 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2008, 8:24 AM MDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
- Flood severity
- Major
County Johnson County, WY
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Clear Creek at Buffalo (BCCW4).
- Action stage
- 5 ft
- Minor stage
- 6 ft
- Moderate stage
- 7 ft
- Major stage
- 7.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | Hot Springs | 12 hr |
| May 22, 9:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | Johnson | 59 hr |
| May 23, 4:49 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | RIW | Johnson | 16 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.