Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 7, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind warning at Jan 24, 2012, 1:48 PM MST for Park County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 24, 2012, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 21 hr. 5 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
- Jan 24, 2012, 1:48 PM MST (20:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 24, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2012, 2:00 PM MST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
County Park County, WY
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 7:15 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 76 | 1 Nne State Hwy 120 Mil, WY | |
| Jan 25, 9:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | Ne Dead Indian Pass, WY | |
| Jan 25, 9:13 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 95 | 5 Wnw Clark, WY | |
| Jan 25, 11:54 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 86 | 1 Wnw Clark, WY | |
| Jan 25, 1:56 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 79 | 2 W Cody, WY |
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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397 WWUS75 KRIW 242048 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 148 PM MST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM TO PRODUCE VERY STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WYZ003-251000- /O.UPG.KRIW.HW.A.0006.120125T0000Z-120125T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.W.0007.120125T0000Z-120125T2100Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 148 PM MST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 PM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 PM MST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. THE HIGH WINDS WILL INITIALLY BE CONFINED TO AREAS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND CLARK AREA BUT HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY SPREAD THROUGHOUT MORE OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. * WIND...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. WINDS COULD GUST OVER 80 TO 90 MPH AROUND AND JUST SOUTH OF CLARK. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS ON HIGHWAY 120 FROM JUST SOUTH OF CODY THROUGH CLARK SHOULD BE ALERT FOR GUSTY AND ERRATIC CROSSWINDS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ SKRBAC
4 follow-up statements
889 WWUS75 KRIW 250025 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 525 PM MST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM TO PRODUCE VERY STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WYZ003-251230- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T2100Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 525 PM MST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST WEDNESDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. THE HIGH WINDS WILL INITIALLY BE CONFINED TO AREAS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND THE CLARK AREA BUT HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY SPREAD THROUGHOUT MORE OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. * WIND...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. WINDS COULD GUST OVER 80 TO 90 MPH AROUND AND JUST SOUTH OF CLARK. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 120 FROM JUST SOUTH OF CODY THROUGH CLARK SHOULD BE ALERT FOR GUSTY AND ERRATIC CROSSWINDS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ 21
750 WWUS75 KRIW 250946 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 246 AM MST WED JAN 25 2012 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... .AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG JET STREAM TO PRODUCE VERY STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS TODAY. WYZ003-252100- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T2100Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 246 AM MST WED JAN 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...WINDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA. A GUST OF 60 MPH WAS RECORDED AS A SENSOR WEST OF CODY AND A GUST OF 58 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE FIRE STATION IN CLARK. HIGH WIND REMAINS POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. * WIND...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. WINDS COULD GUST OVER 80 TO 90 MPH AROUND AND JUST SOUTH OF CLARK. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 120 FROM JUST SOUTH OF CODY THROUGH CLARK SHOULD BE ALERT FOR GUSTY AND ERRATIC CROSSWINDS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$
387 WWUS75 KRIW 251340 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 640 AM MST WED JAN 25 2012 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... .AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG JET STREAM TO PRODUCE VERY STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS TODAY. WYZ003-252100- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T2100Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 640 AM MST WED JAN 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STRONG WIND GUSTS CONTINUE ALONG THE CODY FOOTHILLS. WIND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH HAVE NOW OCCURRED AROUND CLARK AND SOUTH OF CLARK. WIND GUSTS TO 68 MPH HAVE OCCURRED AT A SENSOR WEST OF CODY. HIGH WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON. * WIND...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 90 MPH AROUND CLARK AND JUST SOUTH OF CLARK. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 120 FROM JUST SOUTH OF CODY THROUGH CLARK SHOULD BE ALERT FOR GUSTY AND ERRATIC CROSSWINDS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$
478 WWUS75 KRIW 252103 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 203 PM MST WED JAN 25 2012 WYZ003-252215- /O.EXP.KRIW.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T2100Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 203 PM MST WED JAN 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAS SUBSIDED THIS AFTERNOON. WIND OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. LOCALIZED GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AROUND THE CLARK AREA TODAY...BUT WIDESPREAD HIGH WIND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ BRANHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 9:51 AM MST | High Wind Watch | RIW | Park | 4 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Wyoming, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012
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.