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Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Riverton, WY

August 30, 2015Johnson County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this red flag warning at Aug 30, 2015, 9:25 AM MDT for Johnson County, Wyoming. It took effect at Aug 30, 2015, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 13 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 30, 2015, 9:25 AM MDT (15:25 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 30, 2015, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired: Aug 31, 2015, 3:00 AM MDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

County Johnson County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 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 30, 2:50 AM MDT, 6 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:50 AM MDT, 6 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 3:49 AM MDT, 5 hours 36 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 29, 11:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Teton	54 min
Aug 30, 2:10 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		35 min
Aug 30, 11:43 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Sweetwater	47 min
Aug 30, 12:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Sweetwater	37 min
Aug 30, 1:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Sweetwater	40 min
Aug 30, 2:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		30 min
Aug 30, 2:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Sweetwater	43 min
Aug 30, 2:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Johnson	25 min
Aug 30, 2:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		36 min
Aug 30, 2:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Sweetwater	46 min
Aug 30, 3:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	39 min
Aug 30, 4:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	34 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.