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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Riverton, WY

May 10, 20165 counties in Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this freeze warning at May 10, 2016, 1:56 PM MDT for 5 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at May 11, 2016, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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: May 10, 2016, 1:56 PM MDT (19:56 UTC)
In effect from: May 11, 2016, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired: May 11, 2016, 9:00 AM MDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

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

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at May 10, 12:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 12:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 2:29 AM MDT, 11 hours 27 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 9, 6:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Big Horn	45 min
May 9, 6:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Washakie	25 min
May 9, 6:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	43 min
May 9, 6:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Big Horn	38 min
May 9, 6:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		41 min
May 9, 6:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Big Horn	37 min
May 9, 7:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	35 min
May 9, 7:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW		44 min
May 9, 7:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Big Horn	41 min
May 9, 8:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Johnson	43 min
May 9, 8:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Big Horn	42 min
May 9, 11:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	53 min
May 9, 11:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RIW	Natrona	32 min
May 9, 11:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	48 min
May 10, 12:58 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	32 min
May 10, 1:32 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Natrona	28 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.