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Flood Watch 7, NWS Riverton, WY

June 7, 2011Natrona County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this flood watch at Jun 7, 2011, 10:42 AM MDT for Natrona County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jun 8, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 2011, 10:42 AM MDT (16:42 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 8, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jun 17, 2011, 2:00 PM MDT
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY
Flood severity: None

County Natrona County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 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 flood 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 flood watch went out at Jun 7, 9:51 AM MDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 9:51 AM MDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 9:54 AM MDT, 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:35 AM MDT, 5 hours 7 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
Jun 6, 9:50 PM MDT	High Wind Warning	RIW	Fremont, Johnson	11 hr
Jun 7, 3:09 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	RIW	Lincoln	15 days

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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.