Alert archive / Wyoming / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this winter storm warning at May 1, 2008, 12:05 PM MDT for 5 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at May 1, 2008, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2008, 12:05 PM MDT (18:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2008, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
Counties Big Horn County, WY, Fremont County, WY, Johnson County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Washakie County, WY
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Riverton, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at May 1, 11:00 AM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 11:00 AM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:01 AM MDT, 7 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 501 AM MDT THU MAY 1 2008 WYZ001>020-022>030-021101- 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- 501 AM MDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WYOMING FOR THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING FOR THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 6 TO 12 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE EAST SLOPE OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE GREEN AND GRANITE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AS WELL. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A POWERFUL SPRING SNOW STORM ACROSS NATRONA AND JOHNSON COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS STORM MAY IMPACT THE CITIES OF CASPER AND BUFFALO. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL ACROSS THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS...5 TO 8 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF JOHNSON COUNTY...4 TO 6 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NATRONA COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF CASPER AND 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. IN ADDITION... STRONG NORTH WINDS MAY CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH THIS POTENTIAL EVENT. NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF JOHNSON COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF BUFFALO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEAM RIVERTON
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.