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Special Weather Statement, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2023, 2:02 PM MDT for Hot Springs County, Wyoming. It was in force for 43 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 6, 2023, 2:02 PM MDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2023, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 50
County Hot Springs County, WY
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 6, 12:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 12:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:18 AM MDT, 9 hours 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Riverton WY 418 AM MDT Sun Aug 6 2023 WYZ001>020-022>030-071430- 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- 418 AM MDT Sun Aug 6 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Western and Central Wyoming. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorm over the area, especially for northern Wyoming this afternoon. Locally heavy rain may bring localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Monday and Tuesday...Scattered showers and thunderstorms, more numerous over the northern mountains, persist with locally heavy rain the primary hazard. .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 6, 1:44 PM MDT, 18 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 6, 1:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Teton | 16 min |
| Aug 6, 2:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 52 min | |
| Aug 6, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 45 min | |
| Aug 6, 3:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Hot Springs | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 3:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 47 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Fremont | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 4:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | Park | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Fremont | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 4:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Hot Springs | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 4:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | Park | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Fremont | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Fremont | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 5:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | Fremont | 3 hr |
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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.