Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Riverton, WY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
200 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 1997

WIDESPREAD TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS RIW CWFA MAINLY OVER THE EAST
AND MTNS. MANY STORMS APPROACHING SEVERE LEVELS ACCORDING TO KRIW 88D
VILS...DBZ...AND ALGORITHMS BUT NO SEVERE REPORTS YET. MAIN CONCERN IS
HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS MOVING OVER AREAS ALREADY
SATURATED FROM PAST PCPN PAST SEVERAL DAYS. PRECIPITABLE WATER LEVELS
WERE ABOVE 1 INCH AT RIW THIS MORNING. THINK THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SOME ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH AREAS OF SUNSHINE
ACTING ON SURFACE AIRMASS WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S OVER THE NE 2/3RDS
OF RIW CWFA. MODIFIED RIW SOUNDING FROM THIS MORNING PUSHED LI/S TO AT
LEAST -4 AND CAPES ABOVE 1600. VERTICAL WIND PROFILES NOT AS FAVORABLE
FOR STRONG CONVECTION BUT IS CONTRIBUTING TO POSSIBLE LOCAL HEAVY
RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN PARTS OF BIG HORN MOUNTAINS ALREADY.

SATL WV IMAGERY SHOWS ANTICYCLONIC ROTATION AFFECTING NE WY BEHIND
DEPARTING SHORTWAVE. TO THE SOUTHEAST...GOOD MOISTURE FEED FROM KS
THRU CO ASSOCIATED WITH CIRCULATION AROUND 4 CORNERS LOW HEADING INTO
SE WY. ALSO HINT OF POS VORT LOBE MOVING INTO WY FOR LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS MODELS SHOW. WITH ON-GOING WEATHER...HAD ONLY A QUICK
LOOK AT ETA. DEEP MOISTURE LAYER DEPICTED OVER SW 2/3RDS WY THROUGH
TONIGHT. AGREE WITH MOS POPS OF AT LEAST 60 PERCENT FOR TONIGHT. FAN
AND FWC POPS CLOSE AND REASONABLE GIVEN EXPECTED CLOUD COVER AND HIGH
DEWPOINTS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
341 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 1997

AT 345 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWERS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
THROUGH WEST NATRONA...NORTHWEST NATRONA COUNTY...AND THESE WILL BE
MOVING INTO NORTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY BY 4 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL
HAVE MODERATE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.

PERSONS IN THE EFFECTED AREAS SHOULD SEEK A SAFE PLACE UNTIL THE STROMS
PASS.

WCJIN-WYNW-
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WYZ011>013-082245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
342 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 1997

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL MOVING ACROSS THE WIND RIVER BASIN...

AT 315 PM...A WEATHER SPOTTER OBSERVED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF
HUDSON...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIVERTON. AT 335 PM...DOPPLER
RADAR IN RIVERTON SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
ABOUT 10 MILES WEST TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF RIVERTON. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTH AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS BETWEEN RIVERTON AND
FORT WASHAKIE BETWEEN 345 AND 415 PM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE FOR SMALL
HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS...A
FEW STRONG... WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS FREMONT COUNTY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS BEFORE
THUNDERSTORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMEMBER...ALL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE
DEADLY LIGHTNING.

WCJIN-WYNW
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WYZ011>013-082245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
342 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 1997

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL MOVING ACROSS THE WIND RIVER BASIN...

AT 315 PM...A WEATHER SPOTTER OBSERVED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF
HUDSON...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIVERTON. AT 335 PM...DOPPLER
RADAR IN RIVERTON SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
ABOUT 10 MILES WEST TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF RIVERTON. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTH AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS BETWEEN RIVERTON AND
FORT WASHAKIE BETWEEN 345 AND 415 PM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE FOR SMALL
HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS...A
FEW STRONG... WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS FREMONT COUNTY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS BEFORE
THUNDERSTORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMEMBER...ALL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE
DEADLY LIGHTNING.

WCJIN-WYNW
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