Alert archive / Wyoming / Winter Storm Watches in 2012
Winter Storm Watch 8, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this winter storm watch at Dec 6, 2012, 2:12 PM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Dec 7, 2012, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 6, 2012, 2:12 PM MST (21:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 7, 2012, 2:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2012, 7:51 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
Counties Fremont County, WY, Lincoln County, WY, Sublette County, WY, Teton County, WY
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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 storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Dec 6, 10:30 AM MST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 10:30 AM MST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 6, 2:04 PM MST, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 204 PM MST THU DEC 6 2012 WYZ001>020-022>030-071200- 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- 204 PM MST THU DEC 6 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE TETONS FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SALT AND WYOMING RANGES AND NEARBY STAR VALLEY FROM 5 PM FRIDAY TO 5 PM SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT TONIGHT...LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND POSSIBLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN BIG HORN BASIN...AND NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY...CREATING SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND WIND POSSIBLE...ACROSS THE WEST. SUNDAY...COLD WITH HIGHS 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEAM RIVERTON
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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.