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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 7, 2024Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this river flood warning at Jun 7, 2024, 10:57 AM MDT for Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jun 8, 2024, 4:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 2024, 10:57 AM MDT (16:57 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 8, 2024, 4:00 AM MDT
Expired: Jun 8, 2024, 8:58 PM MDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Carbon County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Encampment River at Mouth near Encampment (ECRW4). The gauge peaked at 6.16 ft at Jun 7, 2024, 6:00 AM MDT.

Action stage: 5.5 ft
Minor stage: 6.5 ft
Moderate stage: 7.5 ft
Major stage: 8.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06625000, 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 Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 7, 5:27 AM MDT, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 5:27 AM MDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 5:23 AM MDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 10:48 AM MDT	Flood Watch	CYS	Albany, Carbon	5 days
Jun 7, 2:52 PM MDT	River Flood Watch	CYS	Carbon	42 hr
Jun 7, 3:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	40 min
Jun 7, 3:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Goshen	44 min
Jun 7, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Albany	39 min
Jun 7, 5:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	44 min
Jun 7, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Albany	45 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.