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Red Flag Warning 26, NWS Riverton, WY

October 11, 2015Fremont County, Natrona County, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this red flag warning at Oct 11, 2015, 1:21 PM MDT for Fremont County, Natrona County, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. It took effect at Oct 12, 2015, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 56 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: Oct 11, 2015, 1:21 PM MDT (19:21 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 12, 2015, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Oct 14, 2015, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 56 hr
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

Counties Fremont County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Sweetwater County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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 Oct 11, 8:20 AM MDT, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 8:20 AM MDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 11, 11:30 AM MDT, 1 hour 51 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
Oct 10, 8:14 PM MDT	High Wind Warning	RIW	Fremont, Hot Springs, Natrona, Park, Sublette, Sweetwater	22 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Wyoming, 2015 Every 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.