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Winter Storm Watch 6, NWS Riverton, WY

April 13, 20217 counties in Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this winter storm watch at Apr 13, 2021, 3:37 PM MDT for 7 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Apr 14, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2021, 3:37 PM MDT (21:37 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2021, 4:35 AM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY

Counties Big Horn County, WY, Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Johnson County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Sweetwater County, WY, Washakie County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Apr 13, 12:37 PM MDT, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 12:37 PM MDT, 3 hours before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 3:27 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchRIWFremont, Lincoln, Sublette12 hr
Apr 13, 3:37 PM MDTWinter Storm WarningRIWFremont, Lincoln, Natrona, Sublette, Sweetwater56 hr
Apr 13, 3:37 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryRIWBig Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Lincoln, Natrona and 2 more68 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Wyoming, 2021Every winter storm watch in 2021

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.