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High Wind Watch 6, NWS Riverton, WY

March 30, 2020Natrona County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind watch at Mar 30, 2020, 1:48 AM MDT for Natrona County, Wyoming. It took effect at Mar 31, 2020, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2020, 1:48 AM MDT (07:48 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 31, 2020, 3:00 AM MDT
Expired
Mar 30, 2020, 3:05 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY

County Natrona County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 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 Mar 29, 10:20 PM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 10:20 PM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 1:45 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningRIWFremont, Lincoln, Sublette, Teton45 hr
Mar 30, 1:45 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryRIWFremont, Hot Springs, Lincoln, Park, Sublette, Teton45 hr
Mar 30, 3:05 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningRIWFremont, Natrona, Sweetwater28 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Wyoming, 2020Every high wind watch in 2020

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.