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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Riverton, WY

June 1, 2005Big Horn County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2005, 1:39 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Wyoming. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2005, 1:39 PM MDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2005, 2:07 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Big Horn County, WY

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2005-06-01Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2005-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS55 KRIW 011939
TORRIW
WYC003-012015-
/O.NEW.KRIW.TO.W.0002.050601T1939Z-050601T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
139 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL BIG HORN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOVELL

* UNTIL 215 PM MDT

* AT 136 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 
NEAR   HWY 310/789 MILE MARKER 230...OR JUST SOUTH OF 
LOVELL...MOVING EAST AT   25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  U.S. HWY 14A MILE MARKER 50 BY 145 PM MDT
  U.S. HWY 14A MILE MARKER 60 BY 205 PM MDT
  U.S. HWY 14A MILE MARKER 70 BY 215 PM MDT

MOVE INTO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES.

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

LAT...LON 4483 10851 4465 10843 4474 10790 4496 10800

$$

MCDONALD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS55 KRIW 012007
SVSRIW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
206 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2005

WYC003-012016-
/O.CAN.KRIW.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050601T2015Z/
BIG HORN WY-
206 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BIG HORN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

ALTHOUGH THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL
HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE.

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

LAT...LON 4483 10851 4465 10843 4474 10790 4496 10800

$$

HAHN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 12:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWBig Horn, Park63 min
Jun 1, 1:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWBig Horn46 min
Jun 1, 1:45 PM MDTTornado WarningRIWBig Horn45 min
Jun 1, 1:54 PM MDTTornado WarningRIWBig Horn, Washakie51 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Wyoming, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

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.