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Special Weather Statement, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2020, 2:05 PM MDT for Washakie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2020, 2:05 PM MDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2020, 2:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
County Washakie County, WY
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 3, 1:19 PM MDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 1:19 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Riverton WY 330 AM MDT Mon Aug 3 2020 WYZ001>020-022>030-041200- 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- 330 AM MDT Mon Aug 3 2020 ...Red Flag Warning for Southwest Wyoming this afternoon through early Tuesday evening... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Western and Central Wyoming. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon through late evening over the north and central. Mostly dry in the south and southwest with areas of critical fire weather conditions this afternoon into the evening hours. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Tuesday...Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Critical fire weather conditions are expected in parts of southwest Wyoming in the afternoon into the early evening. Wednesday through Friday...Isolated thunderstorms. Elevated fire concerns Thursday and Friday in the central and south. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions, according to standard operating procedures.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 11:18 AM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 3, 3:30 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | RIW | Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater, Uinta | 41 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:18 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Hot Springs | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 1:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Washakie | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 2:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Natrona | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 3:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Johnson | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 3:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Johnson | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 3:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Johnson | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Johnson | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Johnson | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Natrona | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 4:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Johnson | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Natrona | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 5:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Hot Springs | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 5:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Hot Springs | 28 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Wyoming, 2020Every special weather statement 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.