Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Riverton, WY

Issued

Jun 16, 2003, 3:39 PM MDT (21:39 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 2003, 4:15 PM MDT

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Riverton, WY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Washakie County, WY

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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.

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS55 KRIW 162139
SVRRIW
WYC013-017-025-043-162215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
336 PM MDT MON JUN 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOT SPRINGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING
  NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING
  SOUTHEASTERN WASHAKIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NATRONA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT

* AT 336 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHOSHONI TO 
  15 MILES NORTH OF ARMINTO. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING NORTH AROUND 
  10 MPH. 

* THESE STORMS WILL MAINLY AFFECT RURAL AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE 
OF QUARTERS AND WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
RIVERTON AT 1-800-211-1448.

LAT...LON 4342 10795 4342 10723 4361 10713 4362 10784

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FRIEDERS

NWS Riverton, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 16, 2:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
212 PM MDT MON JUN 16 2003

.TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...
SCATTERED TSTMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING...NEAR THE DIVIDE.
ALSO...ISOLD TSTMS OVER THE BIG HORNS IN JOHNSON CO. THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING IN RESPONSE TO GOOD INSTABILITY...CAPE 1000 TO 2000 J/KG
AND SOME WEAK SHORT WAVE ENERGY. ALSO...ISOLD TSTMS OVER THE BIG
HORNS IN JOHNSON CO. LOOKS LIKE SCATTERED TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
CWFA THIS EVENING...THEN ISOLD POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIKE THE QPF
AMOUNTS ON THE ETA. THE GFS IS HAVING CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS
OVER CENTRAL WY WITH THE AREAL COVERAGE FOR TONIGHT. SCATTERED AFTN
AND EVE POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWFA AGAIN ON TUESDAY DUE TO SHALLOW
UPLSOPE FLOW AND SOME VERTICAL MOTION. THEN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS
OVER AREA WITH UPSLOPE WEAKENING ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SO MAINLY
ISOLD POPS LOOKS GOOD.   MC

.FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
RATHER GOOD CONSISTENCY IN THE LONG RANGE MODELS FOR THU-MON. STILL
EXPECTING THE WARMTH THU/FRI BEFORE A TROF/COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH
SAT WITH ANOTHER WAVE SUNDAY. W FLOW PROGD NEXT MON WITH LOW CHANCE
OF PM TSRA IN THE NW MTNS. COOLING SAT/SUN WITH SOME WARMING MON.

.RIW...NONE.

WYZ001>020-022>030-171200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
600 AM MDT MON JUN 16 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING
ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE
MAIN FEATURES WITH THESE STORMS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN OCCUR THROUGHOUT MUCH OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL WYOMING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  A FEW OF THESE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL.

OTHERWISE THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT TO REPORT HAIL
SIZE AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.