Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 21, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind warning at Dec 12, 2008, 8:40 PM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Dec 13, 2008, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 hr. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2008, 8:40 PM MST (03:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2008, 12:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2008, 12:00 PM MST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
Counties Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Sweetwater County, WY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 11:34 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Lander 19 Ssw, WY | DEER PARK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:35 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Lander 26 Nw, WY | ST. LAWRENCE ALT SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:35 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Lander 12 Sw, WY | TOWNSEND CREEK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:35 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Dubois 6 Wsw, WY | LITTLE WARM SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:35 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Lander 18 W, WY | HOBBS PARK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:35 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Atlantic City 7 Nw, WY | SOUTH PASS SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:37 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Dubois 11 N, WY | BURROUGHS CREEK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:38 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Thermopolis 40 W, WY | OWL CREEK SNOTEL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KRIW 130340 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 840 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... .STRONG WINDS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE ARE LIKELY TO MIX DOWN ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST SLOPES OF THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING. WYZ018-019-131400- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.W.0021.081213T0700Z-081213T1900Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANDER...JEFFREY CITY 840 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM MST SATURDAY. STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN INTO THE LANDER FOOTHILLS AND ACROSS THE GREEN MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS WEST AND SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF LANDER. AREAS OF STRONG DANGEROUS CROSSWIND WILL ALSO BE ENCOUNTERED ALONG HIGHWAY 287 FROM THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 26 TO THE RAWLINS JUNCTION...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 28 FROM THE RAWLINS JUNCTION TO THE RED CANYON AREA. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ005-007-131400- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.W.0021.081213T0700Z-081213T1900Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THERMOPOLIS 840 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM MST SATURDAY. STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 120 FROM NEAR THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 170 AND HAMILTON DOME TO NEAR THE PARK COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF MEETEETSE...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. AREAS OF STRONG DANGEROUS CROSSWIND WILL ALSO BE ENCOUNTERED ALONG HIGHWAY 120. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KRIW 130825 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 125 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS LIKELY THIS MORNING... .STRONG WINDS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE MIX DOWN ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST SLOPES OF THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING. WYZ018-019-131900- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-081213T1900Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANDER...JEFFREY CITY 125 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO MIX DOWN INTO THE LANDER FOOTHILLS AND ACROSS THE GREEN MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS WEST AND SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF LANDER. AREAS OF STRONG DANGEROUS CROSSWIND WILL ALSO BE ENCOUNTERED ALONG HIGHWAY 287 FROM THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 26 TO THE RAWLINS JUNCTION...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 28 FROM THE RAWLINS JUNCTION TO THE RED CANYON AREA. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ005-007-131900- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-081213T1900Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THERMOPOLIS 125 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO MIX DOWN ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 120 FROM NEAR THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 170 AND HAMILTON DOME TO NEAR THE PARK COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF MEETEETSE THIS MORNING. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. AREAS OF STRONG DANGEROUS CROSSWIND WILL ALSO BE ENCOUNTERED ALONG HIGHWAY 120. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$
000 WWUS75 KRIW 131912 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1212 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 WYZ005-007-018-019-132015- /O.EXP.KRIW.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-081213T1900Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THERMOPOLIS...LANDER...JEFFREY CITY 1212 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS HAVE RANGED FROM 30 TO 45 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOW TO EXPIRE. $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 9:25 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Natrona, Washakie | 15 hr |
| Dec 12, 9:25 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Lincoln, Natrona and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 13, 12:06 PM MST | Blizzard Warning | RIW | Johnson | 10 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.