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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Riverton, WY

May 16, 2023Lincoln County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2023, 3:04 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Wyoming. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2023, 3:04 PM MDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2023, 10:44 AM MDT
In force: 13 days
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lincoln County, WY

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Salt River (WY) near Etna (SALW4).

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 5.5 ft
Moderate stage: 6 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 13027500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood 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 river flood warning went out at May 16, 1:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 1:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 1:20 AM MDT, 13 hours 44 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 8:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	RIW	Johnson	30 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wyoming, 2023 Every river flood warning in 2023

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.