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Winter Storm Watch 13, NWS Riverton, WY

November 27, 20145 counties in Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this winter storm watch at Nov 27, 2014, 1:56 PM MST for 5 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Nov 29, 2014, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 2014, 1:56 PM MST (20:56 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 29, 2014, 12:00 AM MST
Expired
Nov 28, 2014, 2:33 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY

Counties Fremont County, WY, Lincoln County, WY, Park County, WY, Sublette County, WY, Teton County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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 Nov 27, 10:23 AM MST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 10:23 AM MST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 27, 3:00 AM MST, 10 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
300 AM MST THU NOV 27 2014

WYZ001>020-022>030-281300-
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-
300 AM MST THU NOV 27 2014

...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS
AND CODY FOOTHILLS FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID MORNING...MAINLY IN
PORTIONS OF THE BIGHORN BASIN.

STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS AND ABSAROKAS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SWEETWATER COUNTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE
ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AND CODY FOOTHILLS.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE WEST. SNOWFALL
POSSIBLE EAST OF THE DIVIDE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

BRISK WINDS ON SATURDAY IN THE ROCK SPRINGS TO CASPER WIND
CORRIDOR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PLEASE REPORT STRONG WIND GUSTS.

TEAM RIVERTON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 27, 10:33 AM MST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 2:30 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningRIWFremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Natrona, Park, Sweetwater63 hr
Nov 27, 1:52 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchRIWFremont, Natrona, Sweetwater25 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Wyoming, 2014Every winter storm watch in 2014

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.