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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Riverton, WY

June 22, 2014Fremont County, Park County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2014, 12:51 PM MDT for Fremont County, Park County, Wyoming. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2014, 12:51 PM MDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2014, 1:21 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Fremont County, WY, Park County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2014-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2014-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 22, 11:15 AM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 11:15 AM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:00 AM MDT, 8 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
400 AM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014

WYZ001>020-022>030-231200-
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-
400 AM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF DIVIDE.
SOME STORMS MAY HAVE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MONDAY AND TUESDAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
EACH DAY...WITH THE BEST CONCENTRATION EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF THE
DIVIDE. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
AND GUSTY WIND.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS...A LITTLE MORE NUMEROUS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

FRIDAY...A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO REPORT STRONG WIND GUSTS OR HAIL.

TEAM RIVERTON

In the hours before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWBig Horn40 min
Jun 22, 12:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWTeton60 min
Jun 22, 12:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWHot Springs43 min
Jun 22, 12:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW57 min
Jun 22, 1:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont49 min
Jun 22, 1:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont47 min
Jun 22, 2:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW38 min
Jun 22, 2:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW61 min
Jun 22, 2:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWHot Springs39 min
Jun 22, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWFremont, Natrona38 min
Jun 22, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWHot Springs, Washakie50 min
Jun 22, 2:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWTeton42 min
Jun 22, 2:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWTeton40 min
Jun 22, 2:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWNatrona52 min
Jun 22, 3:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWNatrona56 min
Jun 22, 3:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWNatrona64 min
Jun 22, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWHot Springs46 min
Jun 22, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWWashakie44 min
Jun 22, 3:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW50 min
Jun 22, 3:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWTeton49 min
Jun 22, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWHot Springs, Washakie32 min
Jun 22, 3:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWNatrona55 min
Jun 22, 4:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWWashakie52 min
Jun 22, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWNatrona39 min
Jun 22, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWNatrona35 min
Jun 22, 4:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWWashakie40 min
Jun 22, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWJohnson44 min
Jun 22, 5:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWJohnson42 min
Jun 22, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWFremont46 min
Jun 22, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWFremont45 min

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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.