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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Riverton, WY

June 22, 2014Natrona County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2014, 4:40 PM MDT for Natrona County, Wyoming. It was in force for 35 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, 4:40 PM MDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2014, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Natrona County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, 1:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
124 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

WV IMAGERY SHOWING FLAT TROFFING OVR THE WRN CONUS WITH EMBEDDED
SMALLER SWS MOVING THRU THE MAIN FLOW TOWARDS THE CWA...MODEST
RIDGING ACROSS THE ERN CONUS. ONE SW TROF IS CURRENTLY JUST NOW
RIDING OVR THE NWRN PORTION OF THE FA THIS MORNING...SPARKING A FEW
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDER...WITH EXITING SW TO THE E AND OVR THE
WY/SD BORDER. UPR LVL FLOW ON THE WEAK SIDE OVR ALL AT LESS THAN 40
KTS FOR THE MOST PART...GIVING BULK SHEAR VALUES AOB 30 KTS FOR THE
MOST PART. POST FRONTAL AT SFC MESO HIGH OVR THE NERN PORTION OF WY
AND A WEAK SFC TROF/BOUNDARY EXTENDING TO THE NORTH OF THE COLD
FRONT RESIDING IN CNTRL CO. LIFT BEING GENERATED AHEAD OF THE SW
AXIS MOVING INTO THE NWRN FA CROSS THRU THE REST OF THE CWA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH THE STRONGEST UPR LVL FLOW  ENTERING THE
SRN TO SERN CWA FROM MID DAY ON...THE SET-UP SHOULD ALLOW STRONGER
STORMS OF THE DAY TO BE FORCED ALONG/NORTH OF SFC TROF/BOUNDARY AND
OVR SOME OF THE MOUNTAINS...WHERE MODEST CAPE WILL POOL...AND UNDER
THE INCREASING UPR LVL FLOW...MAINLY FROM FREMONT COUNTY INTO SRN
PARK COUNTY...S INTO NERN SWEETWATER COUNTY...AND NE ACROSS NATRONA
COUNTY. GENERALLY BELOW SVR LVLS EXPECTED FOR THE MOST PART...BUT
THERE COULD BE SOME LOCALIZED ENHANCEMENT IN THE LL SHEAR FROM BOTH
TERRAIN AND BOUNDARY TO PROVIDE MARGINALLY SEVERE WX FOR A TIME.
OTHERWISE AREAS FURTHER N WILL NEED THE MOUNTAINS TO INITIATE
CONVECTION...BUT SHOULD FALL INTO A SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED
THUNDER REGIME...ESPECIALLY THE FURTHER EAST YOU GO.

TONIGHT...SHOWERS ISOLD THUNDER WANE BY MID/LATE EVENING. MON...SFC
LOW TO THE SW INTO UT WITH HIGH P OFF TO THE E AND THE
HIGH/CNTRL/NRN PLAINS...RESULTING IN LL ERLY FLOW W/ ANOTHER
BOUNDARY/TROF LOCATED IN A SIMILAR POSITION TO THAT OF TODAY. CAPE
WILL POOL ONCE AGAIN ALONG AND N OF THIS BOUNDARY...GIVING SOME
ADDITIONAL FOCUS TO STORM INITIATION IN THE AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH
THOSE FROM THE MOUNTAINS. RELATIVELY WEAK UPR LVL FLOW ONCE AGAIN
WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP DEEP SHEAR VALUES ON THE LOWER
SIDE...GENERALLY KEEPING CONVECTION BELOW SVR LIMITS...ALTHOUGH
ISOLD SVR WILL CERTAINLY BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREA
AS TODAY WHERE SHEAR WILL BE MAXIMIZED NEAR THE BETTER ENERGY.
ANOTHER WEAK SW MOVING THRU INCREASINGLY RIDGING UPR LVLS MAKE HELP
TO ENHANCE CONVECTION S/SE BY THE END OF THIS FCST PERIOD INTO THE
EVENING.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

MORE AGREEMENT EXISTS IN THE MEDIUM AND EXTENDED PERIODS WITH THE
MODELS WITH GREATER CONFIDENCE IN THE OVERALL FORECAST.  THE ECMWF
IS MUCH WEAKER WITH TROUGHING ACROSS THE WESTERN US AND THERE IS LESS
SPREAD WITH THE GFS ENSEMBLES TODAY.  THE FORECAST REMAINS A BROKEN
RECORD WITH A SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROUGHS EJECTING FROM A BROAD
TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN US.  GENERALLY A TROUGH A DAY WILL SUPPORT
CONVECTION ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WITH A
STRONG DIURNAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAXIMA AND LATE NIGHT AND
MORNING MINIMA.  IT IS HARD TO SEE ANY AREA NOT SEEING SOME SHOWER
AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BUT THE SOUTHWEST WILL HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT
OF ACTIVITY OVERALL.  GENERALLY THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER WITH
THE ECMWF MUCH WARMER WITH LESS OF A DEEP COLD TROUGH.  OVERALL THE
PATTERN WILL BE FOR WEST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE
TROUGHS AND RIDGES.

&&

.AVIATION.../00Z ISSUANCE/

EAST OF THE DIVIDE...KCOD/KCPR/KLND/KRIW/KWRL ROUTES

VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 00Z TUE. HOWEVER...A SURFACE
BOUNDARY NEAR AND EAST OF THE SOUTHERN WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS THIS
EVENING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH MOST MOUNTAIN
RANGES...WILL BE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH A FEW
STRONGER STORMS AND MVFR CIGS AND HAIL POSSIBLE...INCLUDING NEAR
KLND KRIW AND KCPR THROUGH 03 TONIGHT AND AGAIN AFTER 18Z MON.
GENERAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE.

WEST OF THE DIVIDE...KBPI/KJAC/KPNA/KRKS ROUTES

VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 00Z TUE. HOWEVER...AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS
EVENING...WITH SCT SHRA AND ISOLATED TS DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS
AND CONTINUING OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO
SOME BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS UNDER AN STORMS...THE MTNS WILL BE
OCCASIONALLY OBSCURED WITH MVFR CONDITIONS AS THIS WILL BE WHERE
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS MAXIMIZED. SHRA AND ISOLD TS
WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING...BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON
STORMS BEGIN AFTER 18Z MONDAY.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

IN GENERAL...FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TODAY...WITH A COOLER
DAY ON TAP AREA WIDE. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDER OVER THE LOWER BASINS AND VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY
EAST OF THE DIVIDE...WITH BETTER CHANCES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WHERE
UP TO A HALF AN INCH OF LIQUID WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER SOME
SHOWERS/STORMS. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN DISPATCH AREAS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST NORTH OF THE
FRONT...WEST TO NORTHWEST SOUTH OF THE FRONT. WIND SPEEDS IN THESE
AREAS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH...HIGHER
AND MORE ERRATIC UNDER/NEAR THUNDERSTORMS...WHERE OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE FRONT. A LITTLE
WARMER MONDAY...WITH CHANCES FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL...NORTHERN...AND EASTERN
DISPATCH AREAS IN THE AFTERNOON. AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDER WILL OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHERN DISPATCH ZONES DURING
MONDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL TEND TO BE LIGHTER AND EASTERLY EAST OF
THE DIVIDE...LIGHTER AND SOUTHWESTERLY WEST OF THE DIVIDE. MIN RH
VALUES WILL BE AT THEIR LOWEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FORECAST
AREA...DROPPING INTO THE MID AND UPPER TEENS...WITH 20 TO 40 PERCENT
VALUES TO THE NORTH.

&&

.RIW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...BRAUN
LONG TERM...C.BAKER
AVIATION...BRAUN
FIRE WEATHER...BRAUN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:00 AM MDT, 12 hours 40 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

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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, 12:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWFremont, Park30 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, 4:50 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.