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Special Weather Statement, NWS Riverton, WY

July 1, 2013

NWS Riverton, WY issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2013, 6:06 PM MDT. It was in force for 24 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: Jul 1, 2013, 6:06 PM MDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2013, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:06 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
606 PM MDT MON JUL 1 2013

WYZ002-015-016-020030-
ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS WY-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN WY-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS
EAST WY-
606 PM MDT MON JUL 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM MDT...

AT 603 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUBOIS...MOVING SOUTH AT 20
MPH. OTHER STORMS ARE OCCURRING NORTHWEST OF DUBOIS AND THESE STORMS
ARE ALSO MOVING SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STORMS.

THIS STRONG STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DUBOIS AROUND 625 PM MDT.
U.S. HWY 287/26 MILE MARKER 60 AND TORREY LAKE AROUND 630 PM MDT.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

REPORT HAZARDOUS WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
RIVERTON AT 1-800-211-1448.

LAT...LON 4339 10940 4338 10971 4367 10970 4368 10943
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 358DEG 16KT 4363 10956

ROSS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 6:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RIW	Fremont	42 min

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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.