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Winter Storm Warning 28, NWS Riverton, WY

April 2, 200911 counties in Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this winter storm warning at Apr 2, 2009, 1:08 PM MDT for 11 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 53 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: Apr 2, 2009, 1:08 PM MDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2009, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 53 hr
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

Counties Big Horn County, WY, Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Johnson County, WY, Lincoln County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Park County, WY, Sublette County, WY, Sweetwater County, WY, Teton County, WY, Washakie County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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 Apr 1, 2:15 PM MDT, 22 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 2:15 PM MDT, 22 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 1:50 PM MDT, 23 hours 18 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
Apr 2, 12:41 AM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	RIW	Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Natrona, Park and 3 more	25 hr
Apr 2, 12:41 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	RIW	Fremont, Hot Springs, Lincoln, Natrona, Park, Sublette and 2 more	65 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Wyoming, 2009 Every winter storm warning 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.