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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Riverton, WY

May 4, 2015Hot Springs County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2015, 3:26 PM MDT for Hot Springs County, Wyoming. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2015, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2015, 3:54 PM MDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Hot Springs County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 4, 1:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	112 days

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 4, 2:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 5:00 AM MDT, 10 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 4, 2:53 PM MDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 2:57 PM MDT, 29 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
May 3, 6:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		44 min
May 3, 6:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		47 min
May 3, 6:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Lincoln	47 min
May 3, 6:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		52 min
May 3, 7:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	44 min
May 3, 7:32 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	RIW	Lincoln	118 min
May 3, 8:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Sublette	44 min
May 3, 8:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		37 min
May 3, 9:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Fremont	43 min
May 4, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Hot Springs	48 min
May 4, 4:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Fremont	35 min
May 4, 5:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Sweetwater	25 min
May 4, 5:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Fremont	44 min
May 4, 5:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		29 min
May 4, 5:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Sheridan	38 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.