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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Riverton, WY

June 1, 20156 counties in Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this flash flood watch at Jun 1, 2015, 2:53 AM MDT for 6 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Jun 1, 2015, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2015, 2:53 AM MDT (08:53 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 1, 2015, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jun 1, 2015, 10:33 PM MDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY
Flood severity: None

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

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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 May 31, 11:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 11:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 10:10 PM MDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 10:17 PM MDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 10:36 PM MDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 10:44 PM MDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 7:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Big Horn	31 min
May 31, 7:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Big Horn	48 min
May 31, 8:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Big Horn	41 min
May 31, 10:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		43 min
May 31, 10:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Teton	39 min
May 31, 10:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Teton	46 min
Jun 1, 2:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		50 min
Jun 1, 2:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		47 min
Jun 1, 2:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		53 min
Jun 1, 2:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		50 min
Jun 1, 3:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		41 min
Jun 1, 3:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Big Horn	41 min
Jun 1, 3:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Hot Springs	50 min
Jun 1, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Hot Springs	45 min
Jun 1, 4:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Fremont, Hot Springs	38 min
Jun 1, 4:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Big Horn	33 min
Jun 1, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Teton	34 min
Jun 1, 5:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Washakie	49 min
Jun 1, 5:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Teton	43 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.