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Special Weather Statement, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2012, 5:27 AM MDT. It was in force for 48 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 1, 2012, 5:27 AM MDT (11:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2012, 6:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 1, 2:16 AM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:16 AM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 4:00 AM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 400 AM MDT WED AUG 1 2012 WYZ001>020-022>030-021200- ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-CASPER MOUNTAIN-CODY FOOTHILLS- EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY-FLAMING GORGE- GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE-JACKSON HOLE-LANDER FOOTHILLS- NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NORTH BIG HORN BASIN- NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-STAR VALLEY- TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN- WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST- YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- 400 AM MDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WYOMING THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO LOCALLY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTH AND EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THURSDAY...ELEVATED TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR POSSIBLE...OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. FRIDAY...ELEVATED TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER... INCLUDING ANY DAMAGE...WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...AND HAIL OF ANY SIZE. TEAM RIVERTON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:27 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 1, 8:58 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Teton | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 2:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Hot Springs | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 3:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Fremont | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 3:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 64 min | |
| Aug 1, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Fremont | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Sweetwater | 67 min |
| Aug 1, 4:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 39 min | |
| Aug 1, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Natrona | 57 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Wyoming, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.