Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2015
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind warning at Jan 16, 2015, 9:20 AM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2015, 9:20 AM MST (16:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2015, 11:11 PM MST
- In force
- 14 hr
- 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 16:20 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 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
- 2255 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
187 WWUS75 KRIW 161620 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 920 AM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH THIS EVENING... .VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL LEAD TO HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS AND WIND CORRIDOR FROM AROUND JEFFREY CITY TO CASPER THROUGH AT LEAST THIS EVENING. WYZ003-170400- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.W.0002.150116T1620Z-150117T1000Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 920 AM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...A COUPLE EPISODES OF HIGH WIND ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS LOOK TO BE THIS AFTERNOON FOR A FEW HOURS AND AGAIN FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER DARK. THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS EXIST AT ANYTIME THOUGH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY. THE AREA AROUND AND JUST SOUTH OF CLARK AND JUST SOUTH OF CODY WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF THESE HIGH WINDS. * WIND...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AROUND CLARK. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS ON HIGHWAY 120 FROM CLARK TO SOUTH OF CODY SHOULD EXPECT VERY STRONG CROSSWINDS. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. && $$ WYZ019-170400- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.W.0002.150116T1620Z-150117T0400Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 920 AM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BELOW HIGH WIND STANDARDS LATER THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS ALONG HIGHWAYS 287 AND 789 OVER BEAVER RIM AND FROM SWEETWATER STATION EAST THROUGH JEFFREY CITY TO MUDDY GAP SHOULD EXPECT VERY STRONG AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ020-170400- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.W.0002.150116T1620Z-150117T0400Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 920 AM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BELOW HIGH WIND STANDARDS LATER THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS OVER 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WINDIEST LOCALES NEAR CASPER MOUNTAIN. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS ALONG HIGHWAYS 220...20...26 AND INTERSTATE 25 SHOULD EXPECT VERY STRONG AND ERRATIC SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ SKRBAC
3 follow-up statements
556 WWUS75 KRIW 162156 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 256 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH THIS EVENING... .VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL LEAD TO HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS AND WIND CORRIDOR FROM AROUND JEFFREY CITY TO CASPER THROUGH AT LEAST THIS EVENING. WYZ003-170400- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150117T1000Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 256 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...WINDS CONTINUED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ONE SENSOR IN CLARK WAS ALREADY REPORTING WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH AT 240 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS OVER 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE EVENING HOURS AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EARLY MORNING SATURDAY. * WIND...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AROUND CLARK. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS ON HIGHWAY 120 FROM CLARK TO SOUTH OF CODY SHOULD EXPECT VERY STRONG CROSSWINDS. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ019-170400- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150117T0400Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 256 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WERE COMMON WITH THE WINDIER SPOTS GUSTING AROUND 60 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BELOW HIGH WIND STANDARDS LATER THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS ALONG HIGHWAYS 287 AND 789 OVER BEAVER RIM AND FROM SWEETWATER STATION EAST THROUGH JEFFREY CITY TO MUDDY GAP SHOULD EXPECT VERY STRONG AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ WYZ020-170400- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150117T0400Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 256 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WERE COMMON WITH THE WINDIER SPOTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CASPER GUSTING BETWEEN 65 AND 75 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BELOW HIGH WIND STANDARDS LATER THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. STRONGER WIND GUSTS OF 70 TO 75 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FAVORED SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN...INCLUDING WYOMING BOULEVARD. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS ALONG HIGHWAYS 220...20...26 AND INTERSTATE 25 SHOULD EXPECT VERY STRONG AND ERRATIC SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$
695 WWUS75 KRIW 170258 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 758 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT... .VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL LEAD TO HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS TONIGHT. WYZ019-020-170400- /O.CAN.KRIW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150117T0400Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFREY CITY...CASPER 758 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THE REST OF THIS EVENING ACROSS THE FAVORED AREAS. $$ WYZ003-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150117T1000Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 758 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST OVER 60 MPH IN THE VICINITY OF CLARK. THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EARLY MORNING SATURDAY. * WIND...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AROUND CLARK. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 120 FROM CLARK TO SOUTH OF CODY SHOULD EXPECT VERY STRONG CROSSWINDS. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$
895 WWUS75 KRIW 170611 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1111 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 WYZ003-170715- /O.CAN.KRIW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150117T1000Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 1111 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BEHIND A COLD FRONT LATE THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2:11 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | Lincoln | 6 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Wyoming, 2015Every high wind warning in 2015
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.