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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Riverton, WY

August 3, 2009Hot Springs County, Park County, Washakie County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2009, 1:29 PM MDT for Hot Springs County, Park County, Washakie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2009, 1:29 PM MDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2009, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hot Springs County, WY, Park County, WY, Washakie County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 3, 2:52 AM MDT, 10 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:52 AM MDT, 10 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 11:28 AM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 12:46 PM MDT, 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 1:24 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 6:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWBig Horn43 min
Aug 2, 7:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWJohnson57 min
Aug 2, 8:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont37 min
Aug 3, 12:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWPark44 min
Aug 3, 1:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWHot Springs36 min
Aug 3, 2:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWWashakie63 min
Aug 3, 3:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont45 min
Aug 3, 4:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWNatrona63 min
Aug 3, 4:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont37 min
Aug 3, 5:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW53 min
Aug 3, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWSublette47 min

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.