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Special Weather Statement, NWS Riverton, WY

August 8, 2008

NWS Riverton, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2008, 12:21 PM MDT. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 8, 2008, 12:21 PM MDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2008, 1:00 PM MDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

The radar

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 6:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		48 min
Aug 7, 6:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RIW	Lincoln	113 min
Aug 7, 7:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RIW	Lincoln	3 hr
Aug 8, 10:35 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	RIW	Fremont, Lincoln, Natrona, Sublette, Sweetwater	10 hr
Aug 8, 11:10 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		65 min
Aug 8, 1:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Lincoln	60 min
Aug 8, 3:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		31 min
Aug 8, 3:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		32 min
Aug 8, 4:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RIW	Sweetwater	2 hr
Aug 8, 5:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Teton	54 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wyoming, 2008 Every special weather statement 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.