Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Watches in 2014

High Wind Watch 26, NWS Riverton, WY

November 30, 2014Fremont County, Hot Springs County, Park County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind watch at Nov 30, 2014, 2:06 PM MST for Fremont County, Hot Springs County, Park County, Wyoming. It took effect at Dec 1, 2014, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 30, 2014, 2:06 PM MST (21:06 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 1, 2014, 2:00 PM MST
Expired
Dec 1, 2014, 2:32 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY

Counties Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Park County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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 high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Nov 30, 11:54 AM MST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 11:54 AM MST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 1:49 PM MST, 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
149 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2014

WYZ001>020-022>030-011200-
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-
149 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR AND
SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 3AM MONDAY...

...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE CODY FOOTHILLS AND EAST SLOPE OF THE
ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 5 AM TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ALONG
INTERSTATE 80 THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. ROAD SURFACES ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME SLUSHY AND EVENTUALLY FREEZE DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW AND
DROPPING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. EXPECT ICY PATCHES TO DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT FOR THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MONDAY MORNING...SLICK AND ICY ROADS CAUSED BY THE OVERNIGHT SNOW
WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR AND INTO SOUTHERN LINCOLN AND SUBLETTE
COUNTIES.

MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY...SNOW ACROSS MOST OF THE WEST...
ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST.

MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE IN
THE CODY FOOTHILLS AND EAST SLOPE OF THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS. STRONG
WINDS FROM AROUND BEAVER RIM AND JEFFREY CITY TO CASPER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. THANK YOU.

TEAM RIVERTON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 30, 1:46 PM MST, 20 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Wyoming, 2014Every high wind watch in 2014

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.