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High Wind Watch 10, NWS Riverton, WY

April 5, 2015Fremont County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind watch at Apr 5, 2015, 2:50 PM MDT for Fremont County, Wyoming. It took effect at Apr 6, 2015, 5:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2015, 2:50 PM MDT (20:50 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2015, 5:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2015, 1:51 AM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY

County Fremont County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Apr 5, 11:39 AM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 11:39 AM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 2:27 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 1:20 AM MDTRed Flag WarningRIWNatrona19 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Wyoming, 2015Every high wind watch in 2015

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.