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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Riverton, WY

May 23, 2008Johnson County, Wyoming

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 6:19 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningRIWHot Springs12 hr
May 22, 9:41 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningRIWJohnson59 hr
May 23, 4:49 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningRIWJohnson16 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wyoming, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

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.