Alert archive / Wyoming / Sweetwater County
Weather alerts in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, 2011
113 weather alerts in 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Sweetwater County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 113
- Warnings
- 35
- Watches
- 23
- Advisories
- 16
- Busiest month
- July16 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 15, 20116 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Sweetwater County, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Riverton, WY: tornado warnings | 6 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS Riverton, WY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 48 | 12 | 75% | 38 | 42% | 24 min |
| NWS Riverton, WY: flash flood warnings | 11 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 10:04 PM MST | Wind Chill Warning | RIW | 14 hr |
| Jan 1, 2:27 PM MST | Wind Chill Warning | RIW | 12 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:56 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 38 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:49 AM MST | High Wind Warning | RIW | 23 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:51 AM MST | High Wind Watch | RIW | 12 hr |
| Jan 20, 11:33 AM MST | High Wind Warning | RIW | 19 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:59 AM MST | Wind Chill Warning | RIW | 33 hr |
| Feb 1, 12:10 PM MST | Wind Chill Warning | RIW | 24 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:18 PM MST | Wind Chill Warning | RIW | 19 hr |
| Feb 5, 7:58 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 10 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:28 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 50 hr |
| Feb 10, 12:27 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 9 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:57 AM MST | High Wind Watch | RIW | 21 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:55 PM MST | High Wind Warning | RIW | 45 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:15 PM MST | High Wind Watch | RIW | 13 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:06 AM MST | High Wind Warning | RIW | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:03 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 21 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:01 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 33 hr |
| Feb 19, 10:47 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 25 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:43 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 36 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:01 AM MST | High Wind Watch | RIW | 12 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:47 PM MST | High Wind Warning | RIW | 38 hr |
| Mar 6, 7:53 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 18 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:14 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | RIW | 5 hr |
| Mar 22, 8:32 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | RIW | 9 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:10 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | RIW | 14 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:51 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | RIW | 42 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:36 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 13 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:52 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | RIW | 24 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:41 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | RIW | 27 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:35 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 57 hr |
| May 18, 3:26 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 19 hr |
| May 18, 3:00 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 4 days |
| May 22, 2:22 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | RIW | 64 hr |
| May 28, 12:15 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 60 hr |
| May 29, 12:00 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | RIW | 15 hr |
| May 30, 2:20 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | RIW | 48 hr |
| May 31, 12:47 PM MDT | Flood Watch | RIW | 67 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 1:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 1:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 2:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 2:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 1:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | RIW | 7 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 11:53 AM MDT | Flood Watch | RIW | 48 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:41 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 7:25 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 11:57 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 1:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 2:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 4:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | 41 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 12:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 1:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 1:47 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 13, 2:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 4:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 8:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 12:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 8:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 9:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 63 min |
| Jul 20, 4:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 12:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 2:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 2:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 5:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 5:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 8:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 3:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 41 min |
| Aug 30, 2:47 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | RIW | 12 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:20 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | RIW | 18 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 38 min |
| Aug 31, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 2:24 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | RIW | 18 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:27 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | RIW | 18 hr |
| Sep 14, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 62 min |
| Sep 17, 1:33 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | RIW | 19 hr |
| Sep 20, 8:51 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | RIW | 12 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:06 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | RIW | 11 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:11 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | RIW | 24 hr |
| Oct 17, 2:16 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | RIW | 19 hr |
| Oct 30, 9:07 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 18 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:11 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 36 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:11 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 33 hr |
| Nov 3, 9:38 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | RIW | 11 hr |
| Nov 3, 12:20 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | RIW | 20 hr |
| Nov 4, 2:37 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | RIW | 14 hr |
| Nov 4, 10:19 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 25 hr |
| Nov 11, 11:51 AM MST | High Wind Watch | RIW | 2 hr |
| Nov 11, 2:00 PM MST | High Wind Warning | RIW | 26 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:05 PM MST | High Wind Watch | RIW | 36 hr |
| Nov 16, 2:47 PM MST | High Wind Warning | RIW | 36 hr |
| Nov 17, 10:48 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 40 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:22 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 36 hr |
| Nov 29, 9:19 PM MST | High Wind Watch | RIW | 17 hr |
| Nov 30, 2:20 PM MST | High Wind Warning | RIW | 19 hr |
| Nov 30, 2:53 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 20 hr |
| Dec 4, 2:24 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 13 hr |
| Dec 20, 9:25 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 32 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:51 PM MST | High Wind Watch | RIW | 29 hr |
| Dec 27, 7:21 PM MST | High Wind Warning | RIW | 45 hr |
| Dec 29, 8:45 PM MST | High Wind Watch | RIW | 18 hr |
| Dec 29, 8:45 PM MST | High Wind Warning | RIW | 39 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 36 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 15 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 5 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 17 |
| High Wind Watch | 14 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.