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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Riverton, WY

September 4, 20155 counties in Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this red flag warning at Sep 4, 2015, 1:38 PM MDT for 5 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 7 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
Sep 4, 2015, 1:38 PM MDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2015, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY

Counties Fremont County, WY, Lincoln County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Sweetwater County, WY, Uinta County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Sep 4, 11:00 AM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 11:00 AM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 3:39 AM MDT, 9 hours 59 minutes before
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 7:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW43 min
Sep 3, 8:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW43 min
Sep 3, 9:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWTeton59 min
Sep 3, 11:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWHot Springs51 min
Sep 4, 12:06 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW39 min
Sep 4, 12:11 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWHot Springs49 min
Sep 4, 12:46 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont44 min
Sep 4, 1:19 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont41 min
Sep 4, 1:41 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWBig Horn49 min
Sep 4, 2:26 PM MDTFire Weather WatchRIWFremont, Natrona, Sweetwater7 hr
Sep 4, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont43 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Wyoming, 2015Every red flag warning 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.