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Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Riverton, WY

August 26, 20206 counties in Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this red flag warning at Aug 26, 2020, 12:57 PM MDT for 6 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Aug 27, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2020, 12:57 PM MDT (18:57 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 27, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 27, 2020, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY

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

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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 red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Aug 26, 11:29 AM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 11:29 AM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 6:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW54 min
Aug 25, 7:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWTeton60 min
Aug 25, 7:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont42 min
Aug 25, 7:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWHot Springs, Natrona, Teton63 min
Aug 25, 9:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWPark, Washakie54 min
Aug 25, 10:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWBig Horn, Johnson47 min
Aug 26, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWSublette26 min
Aug 26, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont45 min
Aug 26, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont47 min

Nearby

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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.