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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Riverton, WY

June 24, 2004Fremont County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2004, 1:25 PM MDT for Fremont County, Wyoming. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2004, 1:25 PM MDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2004, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fremont County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 19 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, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2004-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2004-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Riverton, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 24, 3:46 AM MDT, 9 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 3:46 AM MDT, 9 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 10:17 AM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1017 AM MDT THU JUN 24 2004

WYZ001>020-022>030-251200-
ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST-
BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-CASPER MOUNTAIN-CODY FOOTHILLS-
EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY-FLAMING GORGE-
GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE-JACKSON HOLE-LANDER FOOTHILLS-
NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-
NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-
ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES-
SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN-
SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-STAR VALLEY-
TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN-
UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-
WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK-
1017 AM MDT THU JUN 24 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER
WESTERN WYOMING. THESE STORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS THE
AFTERNOON WEARS ON AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF
CENTRAL WYOMING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE FROM THE WIND RIVER BASIN TO
NATRONA COUNTY AND ALSO IN THE SOUTH BIG HORN BASIN AND CODY
FOOTHILLS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM DAY IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN WYOMING. A FEW OF THE
STRONGER STORMS MAY CONTAIN QUARTER SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LITTLE CHANGE IS
EXPECTED SATURDAY. THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SKRBAC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWFremont59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

Sources

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.