Alert archive / Wyoming / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1996, 7:30 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Teton County, Wyoming. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1996, 7:30 PM MDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1996, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lincoln County, WY, Teton County, WY
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:00 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Jackson, WY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 1:33 PM MDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:19 PM MDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
WYZ011>013-016>023-212120 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 320 MDT THU JUN 20 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FREMONT COUNTY UNTIL 355 PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FREMONT COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF RIVERTON. THIS STORM HAS DROPPED HAIL OVER SOUTH PASS...HUDSON AND WEST OF RIVERTON. AT 300 PM WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FREMONT COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY INDICATED IN NORTHEAST UTAH...LINCOLN AND TWO SEPERATE CLUSTERS OVER SWEETWATER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND WILL LIKELY TRACK ALONG A SIMILAR PATH THROUGH SOUTHERN LINCOLN AND WESTERN SWEETWATER COUNTIES AND SHOULD ENTER FREMONT COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. WE CAN EXPECT THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. > WJIN-WYNW-WYSW DAL
Local storm report, Jun 21, 7:20 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WYOMING
721 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 1996
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM WY 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/96 LINCOLN 1" HAIL REPORTED AT FOSSIL
BUTTE NATIONAL MONUMENT 10
M.ILES WEST OF KEMMERER.The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Lincoln | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 7:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 8:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Park, Teton | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 8:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Teton | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 9:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Teton | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 3:16 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Park | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 12:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Sweetwater | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 12:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Park | 58 min |
| Jun 22, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Hot Springs | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Big Horn | 37 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.