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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Riverton, WY

February 6, 20155 counties in Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind watch at Feb 6, 2015, 1:41 PM MST for 5 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Feb 7, 2015, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2015, 1:41 PM MST (20:41 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 7, 2015, 5:00 AM MST
Expired
Feb 6, 2015, 9:42 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY

Counties Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Johnson County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Washakie County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Feb 6, 11:04 AM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 11:04 AM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 3:10 AM MST, 10 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
310 AM MST FRI FEB 6 2015

WYZ001>020-022>030-071100-
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-
310 AM MST FRI FEB 6 2015

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE CODY FOOTHILLS...ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS...
AND WESTERN WIND RIVER BASIN FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLE SNAKE RANGE...
CASPER MOUNTAIN...AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NATRONA COUNTY FROM
THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS...ALONG THE CODY FOOTHILLS...AND INTO THE WESTERN
WIND RIVER BASIN LATER TODAY AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
ADDITIONALLY...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG
WIND OVER THE WIND CORRIDOR BETWEEN ROCK SPRINGS AND CASPER THIS
EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WOULD POTENTIALLY LAST THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.

PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE UPPER GREEN RIVER
BASIN FOOTHILLS. ANY FOG DEVELOPMENT SHOULD LIFT BY THE LATE
MORNING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SATURDAY...HIGH WINDS AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT
FOOTHILLS...WITH BREEZY TO STRONG WINDS ALONG THE CORRIDOR FROM SOUTH
PASS TO CASPER. SNOWFALL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN
MOUNTAINS...AND MAY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE
TO THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONGER WIND ACROSS THE AREA.

MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...SIGNIFICANT SNOW RETURNS TO WESTERN
PORTIONS. RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY
EVENING FOR THE WESTERN VALLEYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH
TODAY. THANK YOU.

TEAM RIVERTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 2:31 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchRIWFremont, Natrona, Sweetwater7 hr
Feb 6, 1:52 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryRIWFremont, Hot Springs, Lincoln, Park, Sublette, Teton25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.