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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Riverton, WY

July 15, 2026Hot Springs County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2026, 10:37 PM MDT for Hot Springs County, Wyoming. It was in force for 3 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
Jul 15, 2026, 10:37 PM MDT (04:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2026, 1:30 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Hot Springs County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 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 flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 15, 9:52 PM MDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 9:52 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 6:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRIWBig Horn3 hr
Jul 15, 6:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRIWHot Springs3 hr
Jul 15, 7:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRIWHot Springs3 hr
Jul 15, 7:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRIWHot Springs3 hr
Jul 16, 1:49 AM MDTFlood WatchRIWBig Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Lincoln, Natrona and 3 more21 hr
Jul 16, 2:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRIWWashakie3 hr
Jul 16, 2:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRIWHot Springs3 hr
Jul 16, 3:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRIWBig Horn, Washakie3 hr
Jul 16, 4:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningRIWBig Horn, Washakie3 hr
Jul 16, 4:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRIWBig Horn3 hr
Jul 16, 5:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRIWHot Springs3 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.