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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Riverton, WY

January 28, 20165 counties in Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this winter storm watch at Jan 28, 2016, 1:27 AM MST for 5 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 29, 2016, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 2016, 1:27 AM MST (08:27 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 29, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
Expired: Jan 28, 2016, 1:51 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

Counties Fremont County, WY, Lincoln County, WY, Park County, WY, Sublette County, WY, Teton County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 27, 10:00 PM MST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 10:00 PM MST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 2:49 PM MST, 10 hours 38 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
Jan 28, 1:19 AM MST	High Wind Warning	RIW	Park	26 hr
Jan 28, 1:51 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	RIW	Fremont, Lincoln, Sublette, Teton	51 hr
Jan 28, 1:51 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	RIW	Fremont, Park, Sublette, Sweetwater, Teton	51 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Wyoming, 2016 Every winter storm watch in 2016

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.