Tornado Warning 8, NWS Riverton, WY

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WWUS55 KRIW 062334
SVSRIW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
534 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007

WYC043-062344-
/O.CAN.KRIW.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070806T2345Z/
WASHAKIE WY-
534 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WASHAKIE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

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

LAT...LON 4395 10788 4378 10798 4374 10772 4364 10754
      4383 10735

$$

MEUNIER

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
328 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FIRING FROM THE TETONS SOUTHEAST TO EASTERN
FREMONT COUNTY ATTM. EARLIER AN INTENSE STORM BROUGHT AN ESTIMATED
1 TO 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN SOUTHEAST OF HOLE IN THE WALL ALONG WITH
MARBLE SIZED HAIL. LAPS ANALYSIS INDICATES SOME SIGNIFICANT CAPE
IN AREAS WITH AT LEAST MODERATE CAPE IN MOST AREAS. THERE WAS STILL
SOME CIN TO OVERCOME ACROSS THE BIG HORN BASIN AND WIND RIVER BASIN.
SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. IN GENERAL THE STORMS ARE MOVING BUT WE
WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR ANCHORED STORMS INTO THE EVENING ALONG A FEW
SURFACE BOUNDARIES. THE JET STREAK MAY ALSO ASSIST SOME OF THESE
STORMS OVER THE SERN ZONES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

THE AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO DRY OUT SOME ON TUESDAY BUT THE PACNW
SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH AND PROVIDE SOME DYNAMICS TO THE NORTHWEST
PART OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR A POSSIBLE ENHANCED AREA OF CONVECTION.
THE AIRMASS IS FORECAST TO DRY OUT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH MAINLY
ISOLATED MOUNTAIN CONVECTION EACH DAY.

LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT PREVAILS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH
SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW. THE CENTER OF THE UPPER HIGH
GRADUALLY SHIFTS WESTWARD TO COLORADO BY SUNDAY. MONSOON MOISTURE
WILL MOST LIKELY CREEP ITS WAY BACK INTO OUR AREA AS THE HIGH CENTER
SHIFTS TOWARD THE ROCKIES. HARD TO PINPOINT EXACT DAY...BUT IT
APPEARS FRIDAY WILL SEE SOME INCREASE WITH A BETTER INFLUX SAT AND
SUN. HAVE ADJUSTED PRECIP CHANCES TO REFLECT THIS THINKING. NEXT
MONDAY LOOKS ABOUT THE SAME AS THE UPPER HIGH SHIFTS TO THE FOUR
CORNERS. AS FOR TEMPS...80S AND 90S TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD
WITH 60S AND 70S IN THE MTS.

AVIATION...

WDLY SCT THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SOME PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 KTS. THIS
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER 02Z...WITH THE SKY CLEARING
OUT. AN APPROACHING TROUGH WILL BRING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME SOUTHWEST BREEZES WILL ALSO
PICK IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS.

FIRE WEATHER...

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY
FIRING FROM THE TETONS SOUTHEAST TO THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS
AND OVER INTO EASTERN FREMONT...NATRONA AND SOUTHERN JOHNSON
COUNTIES. OTHER STORMS WILL FORM ACROSS THE DISTRICT INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...
ONE HALF INCH HAIL...GUSTY WIND OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. ON TUESDAY...A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL IMPACT NORTHWEST
WYOMING WHILE SOME LINGERING MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE AREA BUT
MAY BE A LITTLE MORE SCATTERED IN THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS. IT
WILL BE DRIER STILL ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH ONLY ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MIN RHS WILL LOWER
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WITH SOME SOUTHWEST BREEZES IN THE
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SWEETWATER COUNTY
INTO NATRONA COUNTY.

RIW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...SKRBAC
LONG TERM...AR
AVIATION...TWB
FIRE WEATHER...SKRBAC

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
930 AM MDT MON AUG 6 2007

WYZ001>020-022>030-071100-
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-
930 AM MDT MON AUG 6 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING TODAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE
HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD FOR A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL BE
FROM EASTERN SWEETWATER COUNTY NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN FREMONT AND
NATRONA COUNTY. HOWEVER...A FEW STRONGER STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
ALONG THE SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT
LOWER ELEVATIONS AND ALSO ALONG THE EAST SLOPE OF THE BIG HORN
MOUNTAINS AND ONTO THE ADJACENT LOWER ELEVATIONS OF JOHNSON COUNTY.
ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR 50 MPH WIND GUSTS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
OVER THE REGION. AN INCREASE IN MONSOONAL MOISTURE IS QUITE POSSIBLE
LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...HAIL AND
HEAVY RAINFALL...OR FLOODING...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

TEAM RIVERTON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
240 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007

WYZ011-020-062130-
NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-
240 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE JOHNSON NATRONA COUNTY LINE...

AT 226 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
HALF INCH HAIL WAS LOCATED ALONG THE JOHNSON NATRONA COUNTY LINE...
10 MILES WEST OF I 25.  RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL AFFECT
AREAS ALONG TRIPLE T RANCH ROAD...ALSO KNOWN AS LONE BEAR
ROAD.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES HAS
FALLEN. THE STORM WILL BEGIN PICKING UP SPEED AS IT HEADS OFF TO THE
EAST THROUGH 330 PM.

TWB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
328 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007

WYZ005-007-062230-
OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-
328 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN HOT SPRINGS COUNTY...

AT 320 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
HALF INCH HAIL WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN HOT SPRINGS COUNTY...
IN THE VICINITY OF GRASS CREEK.  THE STORMS WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 120
AFTER 330 PM...CAUSING PONDING OF WATER AND POSSIBLY HAIL ON THE
ROAD SURFACE.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND ONE HALF
INCHES HAS FALLEN.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

TWB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
422 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007

WYZ020-062305-
NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-
422 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007

...INTENSE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
IMPACT PARTS OF NATRONA COUNTY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST NATRONA COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 515 PM. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A QUICK INCH OF RAINFALL
IN UNDER 30 MINUTES WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES. THE AREA IMPACTED WILL INCLUDE INTERSTATE
25 NORTH OF CASPER AND HIGHWAY 20 26 EAST OF WALTMAN THROUGH
NATRONA TO THE WESTERN EDGES OF CASPER.

SKRBAC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
446 PM MDT MON AUG 06 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0436 PM     HAIL             WINCHESTER              43.86N 108.16W
08/06/2007  E1.25 INCH       WASHAKIE           WY   PUBLIC

            1.25 INCH HAIL STILL FALLING.

&&

BERC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
504 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007

WYZ017-018-070100-
LANDER FOOTHILLS-WIND RIVER BASIN-
504 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN
FREMONT COUNTY THIS EVENING...

STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TO 50 MPH FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL
FREMONT COUNTY...WILL AFFECT LANDER...HUDSON...RIVERTON AND SHOSHONI
THIS EVENING.  THOSE TRAVELLING ON HIGHWAYS 20...26 789 IN CENTRAL
AND EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY SHOULD ANTICIPATE THESE STRONG WINDS.

TWB