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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Riverton, WY

July 4, 2011Fremont County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this river flood warning at Jul 4, 2011, 10:34 AM MDT for Fremont County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jul 4, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2011, 10:34 AM MDT (16:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 4, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2011, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY
Flood severity: Minor

County Fremont County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Wind River near Kinnear (KINW4). The gauge peaked at 9.19 ft at Jul 5, 2011, 1:00 AM MDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06227600, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood 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 river flood warning went out at Jul 4, 3:03 AM MDT, 7 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 3:03 AM MDT, 7 hours 31 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
Jul 3, 6:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Big Horn	33 min
Jul 3, 7:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Teton	41 min
Jul 3, 7:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	51 min
Jul 4, 9:34 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	RIW	Lincoln	60 hr
Jul 4, 10:56 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RIW	Sublette	24 hr
Jul 4, 12:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		48 min
Jul 4, 2:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Lincoln, Sublette	50 min
Jul 4, 2:44 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	RIW	Lincoln	49 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wyoming, 2011 Every river flood warning in 2011

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.