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High Wind Watch 20, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind watch at Dec 29, 2018, 2:08 AM MST for Park County, Wyoming. It took effect at Dec 29, 2018, 6:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2018, 2:08 AM MST (09:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2018, 6:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2018, 2:31 PM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
County Park County, WY
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 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 Dec 29, 1:33 AM MST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 1:33 AM MST, 35 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Riverton WY 142 AM MST Sat Dec 29 2018 WYZ001>020-022>030-301300- Yellowstone National Park-Absaroka Mountains-Cody Foothills- North Big Horn Basin-Southwest Big Horn Basin- Southeast Big Horn Basin-Owl Creek and Bridger Mountains- Bighorn Mountains West-Bighorn Mountains Southeast- Northeast Johnson County-Southeast Johnson County- Teton and Gros Ventre Mountains-Jackson Hole- Wind River Mountains West-Wind River Mountains East- Upper Wind River Basin-Wind River Basin-Lander Foothills- Green Mountains and Rattlesnake Range- Natrona County Lower Elevations-Casper Mountain-Star Valley- Salt River and Wyoming Ranges-Upper Green River Basin Foothills- Upper Green River Basin-South Lincoln County- Rock Springs and Green River-Flaming Gorge-East Sweetwater County- 142 AM MST Sat Dec 29 2018 ...Winter Storm Watches in Effect late Saturday night into Sunday Night Across Portions of West and Central Wyoming... ...High Wind Watch in effect for the Cody Foothills tonight... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Western and Central Wyoming. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Significant snow expected to develop in Western Wyoming tonight. Strong to high wind is possible in the Cody Foothills tonight into Sunday morning. Windy from Rock Springs to Casper. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Sunday and Sunday night...Snow and gusty north wind developing across the area with some significant accumulation. Tuesday...Potentially the coldest air of the season moving into the area. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today or tonight. TEAM RIVERTON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 28, 9:06 PM MST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2:31 PM MST | High Wind Warning | RIW | Park | 20 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:07 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Lincoln, Natrona, Park and 2 more | 48 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:07 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Lincoln, Natrona and 5 more | 48 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.