Alert archive / Wyoming / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2006, 12:25 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Park County, Wyoming. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2006, 12:25 PM MDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2006, 1:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Big Horn County, WY, Park County, WY
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 12:25 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 19 Ne Meeteetse, WY | |
| Jun 14, 12:42 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Burlington, WY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 11:05 AM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KRIW 141828 TORRIW WYC003-029-141915- /O.NEW.KRIW.TO.W.0002.060614T1825Z-060614T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1225 PM MDT WED JUN 14 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL BIG HORN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PARK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WYOMING... * UNTIL 115 PM MDT * AT 1220 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS EAST OF MEETEETSE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CODY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BURLINGTON BY 1240 PM MDT... EMBLEM BY 1245 PM MDT... MOVE INTO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN WYOMING. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT 1-800-211-1448. LAT...LON 4439 10869 4429 10862 4438 10838 4452 10846 $$ T. BAKER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KRIW 141838 SVSRIW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1237 PM MDT WED JUN 14 2006 WYC029-141847- /O.CAN.KRIW.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060614T1915Z/ PARK WY- 1237 PM MDT WED JUN 14 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PARK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN WYOMING. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT 1-800-211-1448. LAT...LON 4443 10857 4431 10857 4438 10838 4452 10846 $$ WYC003-141915- /O.CON.KRIW.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060614T1915Z/ BIG HORN WY- 1237 PM MDT WED JUN 14 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL BIG HORN COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM MDT... AT 1233 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BURLINGTON...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF GREYBULL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS IS ALSO EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...DAMAGING HAIL AND WIND CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN WYOMING. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT 1-800-211-1448. LAT...LON 4443 10857 4431 10857 4438 10838 4452 10846 $$ T. BAKER
000 WWUS55 KRIW 141847 SVSRIW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1246 PM MDT WED JUN 14 2006 WYC003-141915- /O.CON.KRIW.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060614T1915Z/ BIG HORN WY- 1246 PM MDT WED JUN 14 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL BIG HORN COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM MDT... AT 1242 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EMBLEM...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF GREYBULL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ALSO...QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BURLINGTON. HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS IS POSSIBLE. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL WESTERN BIG HORN COUNTY AT 100 PM MDT A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN WYOMING. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RIVERTON AT 1-800-211-1448. LAT...LON 4445 10852 4435 10844 4453 10818 4463 10836 $$ T. BAKER
000
WWUS55 KRIW 141859
SVSRIW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1256 PM MDT WED JUN 14 2006
WYC003-141915-
/O.CON.KRIW.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060614T1915Z/
BIG HORN WY-
1256 PM MDT WED JUN 14 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL BIG HORN
COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM MDT...
AT 1255 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HWY 14/16/20 MILE
MARKER 90...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREYBULL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ALSO...GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED ALONG
HIGHWAY 20...16...14 16 MILES WEST OF GREYBULL. HAIL THE SIZE OF
BASEBALLS ARE POSSIBLE.
MOVE INTO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN WYOMING.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
RIVERTON AT 1-800-211-1448.
LAT...LON 4445 10852 4435 10844 4453 10818 4457 10825
4463 10836
$$
T. BAKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:31 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | RIW | Fremont, Natrona, Sweetwater | 13 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:54 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Lincoln | 21 min |
| Jun 14, 10:15 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Teton | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 10:24 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Teton | 66 min |
| Jun 14, 11:19 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Park | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 11:28 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Park | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 11:34 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Teton | 20 min |
| Jun 14, 12:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Park | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 12:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Big Horn | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 1:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | RIW | Big Horn | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 1:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Big Horn | 32 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.