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Blizzard Watch 2, NWS Riverton, WY

March 28, 2009Johnson County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this blizzard watch at Mar 28, 2009, 2:53 AM MDT for Johnson County, Wyoming. It took effect at Mar 29, 2009, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2009, 2:53 AM MDT (08:53 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 29, 2009, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired: Mar 29, 2009, 3:21 AM MDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

County Johnson County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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 blizzard watch 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 blizzard watch went out at Mar 27, 3:51 PM MDT, 11 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:51 PM MDT, 11 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 3:12 PM MDT, 11 hours 41 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
Mar 28, 2:53 AM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	RIW	Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Natrona, Park and 1 more	34 hr
Mar 28, 11:44 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	RIW	Fremont, Hot Springs, Lincoln, Park, Sublette, Teton	33 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Watches in Wyoming, 2009 Every blizzard watch in 2009

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.