Alert archive / Wyoming / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Riverton, WY

July 30, 1998Lincoln County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1998, 8:45 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Wyoming. It was in force for 45 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 30, 1998, 8:45 PM MDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1998, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, WY

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 30, 9:10 PM MDTHail 0.75Alpine, 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 3:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWFremont47 min
Jul 31, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWFremont32 min
Jul 31, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWHot Springs46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.