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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Riverton, WY

June 3, 2014Fremont County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this river flood warning at Jun 3, 2014, 10:49 AM MDT for Fremont County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jun 3, 2014, 10:30 PM MDT. It was in force for 64 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2014, 10:49 AM MDT (16:49 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 3, 2014, 10:30 PM MDT
Expired: Jun 6, 2014, 2:00 PM MDT
In force: 64 hr
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Fremont County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 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 Wind River near Dubois (DUBW4).

Action stage: 4.5 ft
Minor stage: 5 ft
Moderate stage: 5.5 ft
Major stage: 6 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06218500, 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.

NWS Riverton, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 3, 3:38 AM MDT, 7 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:38 AM MDT, 7 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 5:00 AM MDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
500 AM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

WYZ001>020-022>030-041100-
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-
500 AM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH TODAY WITH FLOODING IN
SOME LOW LYING AREAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
JOHNSON AND NATRONA COUNTIES TODAY WITH DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL THE
MAIN THREAT...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE COULD
ALSO PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS.

IN ADDITION...IT WILL ALSO BE HOT DRY AND WINDY ACROSS THE AREA...
WHICH MAY LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE BEHAVIOR IF A FIRE WERE TO START.
IT IS NOT A GREAT DAY TO DO ANY OUTDOOR BURNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WEDNESDAY...HIGH RUNNING RIVERS AND CREEKS WITH SOME FLOODING IN A
FEW LOCATIONS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
HALF OF THE STATE WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

FRIDAY...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH AND CENTRAL. A
FEW STRONG STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL POSSIBLE.

SATURDAY...SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE BIGHORN RANGE
ABOVE 9000 FEET.  OTHERWISE...WET AND COLD CONDITIONS LIKELY IN THE
NORTH AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ACROSS JOHNSON COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.

PLEASE REPORT ANY HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH.

TEAM RIVERTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 1:34 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Lincoln	56 min
Jun 3, 11:16 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Fremont	74 min
Jun 3, 11:33 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		57 min
Jun 3, 12:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Hot Springs	51 min
Jun 3, 12:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Fremont	44 min
Jun 3, 1:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	53 min
Jun 3, 1:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Hot Springs, Washakie	50 min
Jun 3, 1:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Johnson	46 min
Jun 3, 1:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Fremont	41 min
Jun 3, 2:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		39 min
Jun 3, 2:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Johnson	52 min
Jun 3, 3:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		40 min
Jun 3, 3:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Johnson	66 min

Nearby

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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.