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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Riverton, WY

July 3, 1998Washakie County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1998, 7:04 PM MDT for Washakie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 3, 1998, 7:04 PM MDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1998, 7:50 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Washakie County, WY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 7:28 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 57Ten 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 456 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Great_falls, MT at 00:00Z on 1998-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1560 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Great_falls, MT at 00:00Z on 1998-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1560 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1121 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
8.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWFremont60 min
Jul 3, 6:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWNatrona64 min
Jul 3, 7:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWWashakie45 min
Jul 4, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWJohnson31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.