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Special Weather Statement, NWS Riverton, WY

August 4, 2011Hot Springs County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2011, 10:38 PM MDT for Hot Springs County, Wyoming. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2011, 10:38 PM MDT (04:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2011, 11:30 PM MDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

County Hot Springs County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 4, 2:18 PM MDT, 8 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 2:18 PM MDT, 8 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 5:00 AM MDT, 17 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:48 PM MDT, 4 hours 50 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
Aug 4, 8:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	50 min
Aug 4, 8:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Fremont	44 min
Aug 4, 9:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	45 min
Aug 4, 9:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Fremont	38 min
Aug 4, 9:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Fremont	42 min
Aug 4, 9:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Fremont	52 min
Aug 4, 9:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	44 min
Aug 4, 10:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Fremont	43 min
Aug 5, 2:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Washakie	38 min
Aug 5, 2:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Washakie	43 min
Aug 5, 3:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Johnson	49 min
Aug 5, 3:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Washakie	30 min
Aug 5, 3:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Johnson	23 min
Aug 5, 4:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Johnson	48 min
Aug 5, 4:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		43 min
Aug 5, 4:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Teton	47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wyoming, 2011 Every special weather statement 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.