Tornado Warning 4, NWS Riverton, WY

Issued

Jun 28, 2003, 6:33 PM MDT (00:33 UTC)

Expired

Jun 28, 2003, 7:30 PM MDT

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS Riverton, WY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fremont County, WY

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado 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.

856 
WFUS55 KRIW 290033
TORRIW
WYC013-290130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
629 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT

* AT 629 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 20
  MILES SOUTH OF RIVERTON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF LANDER.
  ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS NEAR ARAPAHOE.  DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED THE ASSOCIATED STORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR ARAPAHOE IN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING AROUND 640 PM
  MDT
  ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF RIVERTON AT 650 PM MDT
  OVER RURAL SOUTHERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING AROUND 650 PM
  MDT
  OVER RURAL SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL WYOMING AROUND
  700 PM MDT

THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ALSO HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZED.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING.
AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND
COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. BEWARE OF THE THREAT OF RISING
WATER.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADO MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...DAMAGING HAIL AND WIND CAN
BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO ATTEMPT TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. MOTORISTS SHOULD
LOOK FOR SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE
COVER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. OVERPASSES ARE NOT SAFE.

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

LAT...LON 4329 10835 4271 10853 4244 10804 4327 10786

$$

SKRBAC

NWS Riverton, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 28, 2:03 PM MDT, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
203 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 2003

...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...
CONVECTION EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF COLD FRONT THAT HAS MOVED
ALONG CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS PM. DECENT SURFACE DEWPOINTS PLUS AN
UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL AID IN LIFT FOR BETTER POTENTIAL FOR
STORMS. SHOULD SEE ACTIVITY DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH THE PASSING
OF THE LIFT. ON SUNDAY THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. LOW
LEVEL SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL HANG AROUND THE CENTRAL AND EAST ZONES
KEEPING SOME DEWPOINT AROUND. WARM AIR ALOFT TO INCREASE WHICH WOULD
PUT A CAP ON THINGS...BUT MAY SEE ISOLATED LATE PM AND EVE CONVECTION
IN E ZONES NEAR HIGHER TERRAIN. ON MONDAY THE RIDGE AXIS MOVES BY AND
SW FLOW ALOFT TAKES OVER. VERY WARM 700MB TEMPS WITH SOME INCREASED
MIXING WILL VAULT HIGHS INTO THE 90S IN LOWER BASINS. UPPER SYSTEM
MOVES IN THE N OF THE AREA TUE WITH A COLD FRONT INTO MONTANA. WILL
KEEP THINGS HOT AND DRY FOR TUE ASIDE FROM ISOLATED TS EXTREME NW
CORNER.

...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
NO CHANGES TO TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY IN GRIDS.

.RIW...NONE.

WYZ001>020-022>030-291200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1009 AM MDT SAT JUN 28 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SLIDING SOUTH OUT OF MONTANA WILL
INTERACT WITH A MOIST EASTERLY FLOW BEHIND A COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD FIRST DEVELOP OVER THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN ABSAROKAS AND THEN
BEGIN TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE WIND RIVER BASIN. OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WIND RIVER BASIN AND
NATRONA COUNTY THROUGH THE EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW
OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME QUITE STRONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
0316 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 2003

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0305 PM    BUFFALO                   WY   0.75 IN HAIL
06/28/03   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY JOHNSON COUNTY
                                          SHERIFF

HAHN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
0439 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 2003

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0400 PM    58 NW RIVERTON            WY   1.00 IN HAIL
06/28/03   FREMONT                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC

HAHN

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