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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Riverton, WY

September 5, 2007Lincoln County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2007, 1:42 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Wyoming. It was in force for 38 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
Sep 5, 2007, 1:42 PM MDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2007, 2:20 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, WY

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 5, 12:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 2007-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 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 051942
TORRIW
WYC023-052030-
/O.NEW.KRIW.TO.W.0009.070905T1942Z-070905T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
142 PM MDT WED SEP 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WYOMING...

* UNTIL 230 PM MDT

* AT 138 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF STEWART PEAK...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF AFTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  STEWART PEAK BY 215 PM MDT...
  U.S. HWY 26/89 MILE MARKER 120 BY 220 PM MDT...
  U.S. HWY 26/89 MILE MARKER 130 BY 230 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 4324 11089 4327 11097 4320 11103 4307 11104
      4299 11105 4298 11105 4295 11104 4319 11068

$$

SMITH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KRIW 051959
SVSRIW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
159 PM MDT WED SEP 5 2007

WYC023-052030-
/O.CON.KRIW.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070905T2030Z/
LINCOLN WY-
159 PM MDT WED SEP 5 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 154 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STEWART PEAK...OR
ABOUT 26 MILES NORTH OF AFTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  U.S. HWY 26/89 MILE MARKER 120 BY 210 PM MDT...
  U.S. HWY 26/89 MILE MARKER 130 BY 230 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 4324 11089 4327 11097 4320 11103 4308 11103
      4306 11102 4306 11097 4306 11094 4320 11071
      4322 11078 4324 11084

$$

SMITH
000 
WWUS55 KRIW 052020
SVSRIW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
220 PM MDT WED SEP 5 2007

WYC023-052030-
/O.CAN.KRIW.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070905T2030Z/
LINCOLN WY-
220 PM MDT WED SEP 5 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 4324 11089 4327 11097 4320 11103 4308 11103
      4306 11102 4306 11097 4306 11094 4320 11071
      4322 11078 4324 11084

$$

SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWTeton49 min
Sep 5, 2:52 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchRIWBig Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Lincoln, Natrona and 5 more23 hr
Sep 5, 1:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWLincoln44 min
Sep 5, 1:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWLincoln38 min
Sep 5, 2:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningRIWLincoln, Sublette, Teton3 hr
Sep 5, 2:03 PM MDTTornado WarningRIWTeton27 min
Sep 5, 2:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWLincoln, Sublette47 min
Sep 5, 2:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWTeton60 min
Sep 5, 2:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWTeton43 min
Sep 5, 2:52 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningRIWPark3 hr
Sep 5, 2:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWSublette24 min
Sep 5, 3:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWSweetwater60 min
Sep 5, 3:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWSublette56 min
Sep 5, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW67 min
Sep 5, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW60 min
Sep 5, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW64 min
Sep 5, 5:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont, Hot Springs57 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.