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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Riverton, WY

July 4, 201310 counties in Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this flash flood watch at Jul 4, 2013, 9:14 AM MDT for 10 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Jul 4, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2013, 9:14 AM MDT (15:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 4, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 4, 2013, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Flood severity
None

Counties Big Horn County, WY, Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Johnson County, WY, Lincoln County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Park County, WY, Sublette County, WY, Teton County, WY, Washakie County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:19 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 flash flood 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 4, 8:57 AM MDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 8:57 AM MDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 4:00 AM MDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 6:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWNatrona50 min
Jul 3, 7:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW51 min
Jul 3, 8:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW49 min
Jul 4, 12:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWJohnson39 min
Jul 4, 12:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningRIWJohnson3 hr
Jul 4, 1:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW54 min
Jul 4, 1:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWJohnson35 min
Jul 4, 1:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW63 min
Jul 4, 1:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW31 min
Jul 4, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWLincoln56 min
Jul 4, 2:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWJohnson20 min
Jul 4, 2:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningRIWJohnson, Natrona6 hr
Jul 4, 2:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWJohnson26 min
Jul 4, 2:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW47 min
Jul 4, 3:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWSublette58 min
Jul 4, 3:06 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningRIWLincoln, Sublette8 hr
Jul 4, 3:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW37 min
Jul 4, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWWashakie64 min
Jul 4, 4:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont64 min
Jul 4, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWWashakie45 min
Jul 4, 5:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWBig Horn42 min
Jul 4, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont39 min
Jul 4, 5:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW67 min
Jul 4, 5:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningRIWFremont4 hr
Jul 4, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWBig Horn43 min
Jul 4, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW50 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Wyoming, 2013Every flash flood watch in 2013

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.