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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 4, 2014Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2014, 10:04 PM MDT for Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at May 4, 2014, 11:48 PM MDT. It was in force for 59 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2014, 10:04 PM MDT (04:04 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2014, 11:48 PM MDT
Expired: May 7, 2014, 11:17 AM MDT
In force: 59 hr
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Major

County Carbon County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Little Snake River near Dixon (LSDW4).

Action stage: 8.5 ft
Minor stage: 9.5 ft
Moderate stage: 10.5 ft
Major stage: 11.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 09257000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 7:10 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.