Alert archive / Wyoming / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Riverton, WY

June 23, 1997Big Horn County, Washakie County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1997, 5:30 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Washakie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports 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 23, 1997, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1997, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Big Horn County, WY, Washakie County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 5:50 PM MDTHail 0.75Worland, WY
Jun 23, 6:10 PM MDTHail 0.75Ten Sleep, WY
Jun 23, 6:20 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 60Ten Sleep, 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.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.