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High Wind Watch 21, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind watch at Nov 20, 2014, 2:17 PM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Nov 22, 2014, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 20, 2014, 2:17 PM MST (21:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 22, 2014, 6:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 21, 2014, 2:59 PM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
Counties Fremont County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Park County, WY, Sweetwater County, WY
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 2064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
956 WWUS75 KRIW 202117 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 217 PM MST THU NOV 20 2014 ...STRONG WIND POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY AND NATRONA COUNTY ON SATURDAY... .STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM MAY CAUSE WINDS TO GUST IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ON SATURDAY. WYZ019-020-211000- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.A.0021.141122T1300Z-141123T0700Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFREY CITY...CASPER 217 PM MST THU NOV 20 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF AN INCOMING STORM SYSTEM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...PEAKING SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY IMPEDE TRAVEL FOR LIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON SATURDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 789 AND 26 AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 25. PLEASE CHECK FOR CLOSURES AND ADVISORIES BEFORE ATTEMPTING TRAVEL IN THIS AREA ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...OBJECTS KEPT OUTDOORS MAY BE DAMAGED OR BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND...TAKE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS IF POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
651 WWUS75 KRIW 210853 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 153 AM MST FRI NOV 21 2014 ...STRONG WIND POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS...SOUTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY AND NATRONA COUNTY ON SATURDAY... .STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM MAY CAUSE WINDS TO GUST IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ON SATURDAY. WYZ022-212300- /O.EXA.KRIW.HW.A.0021.141122T1300Z-141123T0700Z/ CASPER MOUNTAIN- 153 AM MST FRI NOV 21 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF AN INCOMING STORM SYSTEM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...PEAKING FROM SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY IMPEDE TRAVEL FOR LIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON SATURDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF LOCAL ROADWAYS AND HIGHWAYS. PLEASE CHECK FOR CLOSURES AND ADVISORIES BEFORE ATTEMPTING TRAVEL IN THIS AREA ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...OBJECTS KEPT OUTDOORS MAY BE DAMAGED OR BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND...TAKE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS IF POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ003-212300- /O.EXA.KRIW.HW.A.0021.141122T1300Z-141123T0700Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 153 AM MST FRI NOV 21 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF AN INCOMING STORM SYSTEM BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...LASTING THROUGH INTO SAT SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY IMPEDE TRAVEL FOR LIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON SATURDAY BETWEEN CODY AND CLARK...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 120. PLEASE CHECK FOR CLOSURES AND ADVISORIES BEFORE ATTEMPTING TRAVEL IN THIS AREA ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...OBJECTS KEPT OUTDOORS MAY BE DAMAGED OR BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND...TAKE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS IF POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. 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. && $$ WYZ019-020-212300- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0021.141122T1300Z-141123T0700Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFREY CITY...CASPER 153 AM MST FRI NOV 21 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF AN INCOMING STORM SYSTEM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...PEAKING SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY IMPEDE TRAVEL FOR LIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON SATURDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 789...287... AND 26. PLEASE CHECK FOR CLOSURES AND ADVISORIES BEFORE ATTEMPTING TRAVEL IN THIS AREA ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...OBJECTS KEPT OUTDOORS MAY BE DAMAGED OR BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND...TAKE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS IF POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$
823 WWUS75 KRIW 212159 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 259 PM MST FRI NOV 21 2014 ...STRONG WIND POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS...SOUTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY AND NATRONA COUNTY ON SATURDAY... .STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM MAY CAUSE WINDS TO GUST IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ON SATURDAY. WYZ019-020-022-221030- /O.UPG.KRIW.HW.A.0021.141122T1300Z-141123T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.W.0024.141122T1300Z-141123T0700Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFREY CITY...CASPER 259 PM MST FRI NOV 21 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF AN INCOMING STORM SYSTEM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...PEAKING FROM SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPEDE TRAVEL FOR LIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON SATURDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF LOCAL ROADWAYS AND HIGHWAYS. PLEASE CHECK FOR CLOSURES AND ADVISORIES BEFORE ATTEMPTING TRAVEL IN THIS AREA ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION... OBJECTS KEPT OUTDOORS MAY BE DAMAGED OR BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND...TAKE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS IF POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ WYZ003-221030- /O.UPG.KRIW.HW.A.0021.141122T1300Z-141123T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.W.0024.141122T1300Z-141123T0700Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 259 PM MST FRI NOV 21 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF AN INCOMING STORM SYSTEM BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... LASTING THROUGH INTO SAT SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPEDE TRAVEL FOR LIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON SATURDAY BETWEEN CODY AND CLARK... ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 120. PLEASE CHECK FOR CLOSURES AND ADVISORIES BEFORE ATTEMPTING TRAVEL IN THIS AREA ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...OBJECTS KEPT OUTDOORS MAY BE DAMAGED OR BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND...TAKE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS IF POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2:11 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | Fremont, Hot Springs, Lincoln, Park, Sublette, Teton | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.