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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Riverton, WY

August 16, 2015Lincoln County, Sweetwater County, Uinta County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this red flag warning at Aug 16, 2015, 2:21 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Sweetwater County, Uinta County, Wyoming. It took effect at Aug 17, 2015, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 16, 2015, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 17, 2015, 1:00 PM MDT
Expired: Aug 17, 2015, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

Counties Lincoln County, WY, Sweetwater County, WY, Uinta County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Aug 16, 11:14 AM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 11:14 AM MDT, 3 hours 7 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
Aug 16, 3:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	39 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.