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Flood Watch 1, NWS Riverton, WY

May 5, 2016Fremont County, Hot Springs County, Natrona County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this flood watch at May 5, 2016, 1:38 PM MDT for Fremont County, Hot Springs County, Natrona County, Wyoming. It took effect at May 7, 2016, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2016, 1:38 PM MDT (19:38 UTC)
In effect from
May 7, 2016, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 9, 2016, 3:00 AM MDT
In force
45 hr
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Flood severity
None

Counties Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Natrona County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at May 5, 1:36 PM MDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 1:36 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
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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.