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Winter Storm Warning 12, NWS Riverton, WY

November 12, 20086 counties in Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this winter storm warning at Nov 12, 2008, 2:35 AM MST for 6 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 32 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: Nov 12, 2008, 2:35 AM MST (09:35 UTC)
Expired: Nov 13, 2008, 10:22 AM MST
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

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

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Nov 11, 3:17 PM MST, 11 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 3:17 PM MST, 11 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 11, 3:53 PM MST, 10 hours 42 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
Nov 12, 2:49 AM MST	High Wind Watch	RIW	Park, Sweetwater	13 hr
Nov 12, 3:50 PM MST	High Wind Watch	RIW	Fremont, Johnson	10 hr
Nov 12, 3:50 PM MST	High Wind Warning	RIW	Big Horn, Fremont, Johnson, Natrona, Park, Sweetwater and 1 more	34 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Wyoming, 2008 Every winter storm 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.