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High Wind Watch 23, NWS Riverton, WY

November 15, 2017Fremont County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind watch at Nov 15, 2017, 1:26 PM MST for Fremont County, Wyoming. It took effect at Nov 16, 2017, 2:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 15, 2017, 1:26 PM MST (20:26 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 16, 2017, 2:00 AM MST
Expired: Nov 15, 2017, 10:08 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

County Fremont County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 Nov 15, 10:44 AM MST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 10:44 AM MST, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 12:49 PM MST, 37 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
Nov 15, 12:57 AM MST	High Wind Watch	RIW	Fremont, Natrona, Sweetwater	24 hr
Nov 15, 12:57 AM MST	High Wind Warning	RIW	Fremont, Johnson, Natrona, Park, Sweetwater	46 hr
Nov 15, 1:13 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	RIW	Fremont, Lincoln, Sublette	24 hr
Nov 15, 1:13 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	RIW	Fremont, Lincoln, Sublette, Teton	52 hr
Nov 15, 1:13 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	RIW	Fremont, Hot Springs, Lincoln, Park, Sublette, Teton	52 hr

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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.