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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2023, 2:58 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Wyoming. It took effect at May 23, 2023, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 15 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2023, 2:58 PM MDT (20:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2023, 9:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2023, 3:49 PM MDT
- In force
- 15 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 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Bear River below Pixley Dam (PIXW4). The gauge peaked at 8.99 ft at Jun 1, 2023, 8:00 AM MDT.
- Action stage
- 7.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 8.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9.5 ft
- Major stage
- 10.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 10028500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 12:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Washakie | 32 min |
| May 23, 12:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Johnson | 27 min |
| May 23, 1:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | Johnson | 3 hr |
| May 23, 1:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | Johnson, Washakie | 3 hr |
| May 23, 2:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Johnson | 35 min |
| May 23, 2:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | Johnson | 3 hr |
| May 23, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Johnson | 28 min |
| May 23, 3:25 PM MDT | River Flood Advisory | RIW | Lincoln, Sweetwater | 6 days |
| May 23, 3:37 PM MDT | River Flood Advisory | RIW | Fremont | 67 hr |
| May 23, 3:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Johnson | 30 min |
| May 23, 3:53 PM MDT | River Flood Advisory | RIW | Teton | 5 days |
| May 23, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Johnson | 31 min |
| May 23, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 30 min |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.