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Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS Riverton, WY

April 3, 2011Natrona County, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this winter weather advisory at Apr 3, 2011, 4:36 AM MDT for Natrona County, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2011, 4:36 AM MDT (10:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

Counties Natrona County, WY, Sweetwater County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 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 weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Apr 3, 4:27 AM MDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 4:27 AM MDT, 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 3:44 AM MDT, 52 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 3, 2:52 PM MDT	High Wind Watch	RIW	Fremont, Hot Springs, Natrona, Park, Sublette, Sweetwater	24 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Wyoming, 2011 Every winter weather advisory 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.