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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Riverton, WY

August 5, 2015Park County, Teton County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2015, 4:12 PM MDT for Park County, Teton County, Wyoming. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 5, 2015, 4:12 PM MDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2015, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Park County, WY, Teton County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 5, 1:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2015-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 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 2015-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-286 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 3:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWHot Springs36 min
Aug 5, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWBig Horn44 min
Aug 5, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWBig Horn45 min
Aug 5, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWTeton38 min
Aug 5, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWBig Horn40 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.