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High Wind Watch 16, NWS Riverton, WY

October 21, 20174 counties in Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind watch at Oct 21, 2017, 2:11 PM MDT for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Oct 22, 2017, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 21, 2017, 2:11 PM MDT (20:11 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 22, 2017, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired: Oct 22, 2017, 2:14 AM MDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

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

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Oct 20, 2:36 PM MDT, 23 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 2:36 PM MDT, 23 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 20, 2:41 PM MDT, 23 hours 30 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 21, 2:01 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	RIW	Fremont, Lincoln, Park, Sublette, Teton	26 hr
Oct 21, 2:11 PM MDT	High Wind Warning	RIW	Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Natrona, Park, Sublette and 1 more	36 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Wyoming, 2017 Every high wind watch in 2017

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.