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Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Riverton, WY

February 28, 20246 counties in Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this winter storm warning at Feb 28, 2024, 1:31 PM MST for 6 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Feb 29, 2024, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 52 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2024, 1:31 PM MST (20:31 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 29, 2024, 5:00 PM MST
Expired: Mar 2, 2024, 9:04 PM MST
In force: 52 hr
Issued by: NWS Riverton, WY

Counties Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Lincoln County, WY, Park County, WY, Sublette County, WY, Teton County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 28, 11:01 AM MST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 11:01 AM MST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 2:10 AM MST, 11 hours 21 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
Feb 28, 2:00 AM MST	High Wind Warning	RIW	Fremont, Natrona, Sweetwater	15 hr
Feb 28, 2:01 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	RIW	Fremont, Hot Springs, Lincoln, Park, Sublette, Teton	36 hr
Feb 28, 2:07 PM MST	High Wind Watch	RIW	Fremont	12 hr

Nearby

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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.