Alert archive / Wyoming / Blizzard Warnings in 2016
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this blizzard warning at Mar 28, 2016, 9:43 PM MDT for Johnson County, Wyoming. It took effect at Mar 29, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 13 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2016, 9:43 PM MDT (03:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2016, 6:35 AM MDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
County Johnson County, WY
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 7:21 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 14 Wnw Mayoworth, WY | BEAR TRAP MEADOW SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 7:21 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 17 W Buffalo, WY | CLOUD PEAK RESERVOIR SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 7:22 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 27 Nw Buffalo, WY | LITTLE GOOSE SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 7:22 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 16 W Buffalo, WY | SOLDIER PARK SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 7:22 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 14 Wsw Buffalo, WY | HANSEN SAWMILL SNOTEL |
| Mar 30, 3:47 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 14 Wnw Mayoworth, WY | BEAR TRAP MEADOW SNOTEL |
| Mar 30, 3:47 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 16 W Buffalo, WY | SOLDIER PARK SNOTEL |
| Mar 30, 3:47 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 27 Nw Buffalo, WY | LITTLE GOOSE SNOTEL |
| Mar 30, 3:47 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 17 W Buffalo, WY | CLOUD PEAK RESERVOIR SNOTEL |
| Mar 30, 3:47 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 14 Wsw Buffalo, WY | HANSEN SAWMILL SNOTEL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 1664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
281 WWUS45 KRIW 290343 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO SOUTHWEST WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STORM WILL THEN SPREAD HEAVY WET SNOW TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ010-011-291000- /O.UPG.KRIW.BZ.A.0001.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.160330T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. ON TUESDAY EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...10 TO 12 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ008-009-291000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW OCCURS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-291000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NATRONA COUNTY INCLUDING CASPER AND CASPER MOUNTAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ023-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF RAIN TONIGHT...CHANGING TO SNOW THIS EVENING IS SOME AREAS. THE LOWEST PORTION OF THE BASIN WILL SEE ANY RAIN CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IN THE EAST WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS...PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. MOST LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE BASIN CAN EXPECT 10 TO 20 INCHES. AREAS FROM JEFFREY CITY TO LANDER TO FORT WASHAKIE WILL SEE 18 TO 28 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ012-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE PASS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
10 follow-up statements
291 WWUS45 KRIW 290625 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO SOUTHWEST WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STORM WILL THEN SPREAD HEAVY WET SNOW TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ010-011-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.160330T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW BY 3 AM THIS MORNING. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...10 TO 12 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ023-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW OVER THE LOWEST PORTION OF THE BASIN BY 2 AM. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IN THE EAST WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. MOST LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE BASIN CAN EXPECT 10 TO 20 INCHES. AREAS FROM JEFFREY CITY TO LANDER TO FORT WASHAKIE WILL SEE 18 TO 28 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ004-006-291630- /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160329T0900Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE BIG HORN BASIN WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL BE TURNING SNOW AROUND 3 AM EARLY THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. * SNOW AMOUNTS...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN INCLUDING GREYBULL...BASIN AND WORLAND TO 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN WITH LOCALLY MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ012-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE PASS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TODAY TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ TEAM RIVERTON
833 WWUS45 KRIW 291040 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO SOUTHWEST WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STORM WILL THEN SPREAD HEAVY WET SNOW TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ010-011-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.160330T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW BY 3 AM THIS MORNING. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...7 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ023-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...ONE INCH OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING ON THE RIM. 6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW OVER THE LOWEST PORTION OF THE BASIN BY 2 AM. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IN THE EAST WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...5 TO 9 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING ON THE EAST SLOPE OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN RIVERTON. TOTAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. MOST LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE BASIN CAN EXPECT 10 TO 20 INCHES. AREAS FROM JEFFREY CITY TO LANDER TO FORT WASHAKIE WILL SEE 18 TO 28 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ012-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE PASS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING...1 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING WITH UP TO 7 INCHES ON TOGWOTEE PASS. 6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ004-006-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL BE TURNING SNOW AROUND 3 AM EARLY THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. * SNOW AMOUNTS...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN INCLUDING GREYBULL...BASIN AND WORLAND TO 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN WITH LOCALLY MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ TEAM RIVERTON
006 WWUS45 KRIW 291151 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO SOUTHWEST WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STORM WILL THEN SPREAD HEAVY WET SNOW TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ010-011-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.160330T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...7 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ023-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL MORE INCHES BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THIS MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...ONE INCH OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING ON THE RIM. 6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW OVER THE LOWEST PORTION OF THE BASIN BY 2 AM. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IN THE EAST WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...5 TO 10 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING ON THE EAST SLOPE OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN RIVERTON AS OF 4 AM. TOTAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED... 2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 8 TO 12 INCHES AROUND DUBOIS AND SHOSHONI. 18 TO 24 INCHES BETWEEN RIVERTON AND HUDSON WITH 24 TO 28 INCHES IN LANDER. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOW PACKED. BECOMING MORE HARD PACKED TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. * SNOW AMOUNTS...4 TO 8 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ012-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE PASS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING...1 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING WITH UP TO 7 INCHES ON TOGWOTEE PASS. 6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ004-006-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. * SNOW AMOUNTS...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN INCLUDING GREYBULL...BASIN AND WORLAND TO 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN WITH LOCALLY MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ TEAM RIVERTON
992 WWUS45 KRIW 291613 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WITH THE STORM AREAS OF STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ025-026-300000- /O.EXT.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-300000- /O.EXT.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR THIS MORNING. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-300000- /O.EXT.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...4 TO 8 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ010-011-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.160330T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...7 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ023-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL MORE INCHES BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW THIS MORNING HAS BROUGHT 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE LANDER AND SOUTH PASS AREAS...WITH 4 TO 5 INCHES AROUND RIVERTON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER NIGHT WITH LIGHTER SNOWFALL EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS..TOTAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 5 TO 9 INCHES AROUND DUBOIS AND SHOSHONI. 12 TO 24 INCHES BETWEEN RIVERTON AND HUDSON WITH 20 TO 28 INCHES IN LANDER. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOW PACKED. BECOMING MORE HARD PACKED TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AS OF THIS MORNING...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ028>030-300000- /O.EXT.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160329T1613Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN GREEN RIVER AND ROCK SPRINGS THIS MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ012-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE AND TETON PASSES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAS FALLEN THROUGH THIS MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ004-006-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. * SNOW AMOUNTS...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN INCLUDING GREYBULL...BASIN AND WORLAND TO 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN WITH LOCALLY MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
793 WWUS45 KRIW 291911 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WITH THE STORM AREAS OF STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ010-011-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.160330T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...7 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ023-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW HAS BROUGHT 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE LANDER AND SOUTH PASS AREAS...WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES AROUND RIVERTON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NIGHT WITH LIGHTER SNOWFALL EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS..TOTAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 5 TO 9 INCHES AROUND DUBOIS AND SHOSHONI. 12 TO 20 INCHES BETWEEN RIVERTON AND HUDSON WITH 20 TO 28 INCHES IN LANDER. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOW PACKED. BECOMING MORE HARD PACKED TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...4 TO 8 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AS OF THIS MORNING...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ012-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE AND TETON PASSES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAS FALLEN THROUGH THE MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN GREEN RIVER AND ROCK SPRINGS THIS MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ004-006-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. * SNOW AMOUNTS...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN INCLUDING GREYBULL...BASIN AND WORLAND TO 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN WITH LOCALLY MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
252 WWUS45 KRIW 292034 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WITH THE STORM AREAS OF STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ023-292145- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ WYZ010-011-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.160330T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...7 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ025-026-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW HAS BROUGHT 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE LANDER AND SOUTH PASS AREAS...WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES AROUND RIVERTON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NIGHT WITH LIGHTER SNOWFALL EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS..TOTAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 5 TO 9 INCHES AROUND DUBOIS AND SHOSHONI. 12 TO 20 INCHES BETWEEN RIVERTON AND HUDSON WITH 20 TO 28 INCHES IN LANDER. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOW PACKED. BECOMING MORE HARD PACKED TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...4 TO 8 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AS OF THIS MORNING...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ012-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE AND TETON PASSES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAS FALLEN THROUGH THE MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN GREEN RIVER AND ROCK SPRINGS THIS MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ004-006-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. * SNOW AMOUNTS...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN INCLUDING GREYBULL...BASIN AND WORLAND TO 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN WITH LOCALLY MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
141 WWUS45 KRIW 300023 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE HEAVY WET SNOW AT TIMES ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WITH THE STORM...AREAS OF STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WYZ010-011-301000- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE AND NORTH OF BUFFALO. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ025-026-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH MODERATE SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...4 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...10 TO 20 INCHES TOTAL BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-301000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW HAS BROUGHT 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE LANDER AND SOUTH PASS AREAS...WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES AROUND RIVERTON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NIGHT WITH LIGHTER SNOWFALL EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS..TOTAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED...18 TO 30 INCHES ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 4 TO 9 INCHES AROUND DUBOIS AND SHOSHONI. 10 TO 18 INCHES BETWEEN RIVERTON AND HUDSON WITH 18 TO 24 INCHES IN LANDER. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOW PACKED. BECOMING MORE HARD PACKED TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-301000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE ABSAROKAS AND NORTH SLOPES OF THE OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. 4 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...4 TO 8 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-301000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...10 TO 16 INCHES. 16 TO 22 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 20 TO 30 INCHES POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-301000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...10 TO 20 INCHES ON THE EAST SLOPES...WITH 10 TO 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ012-301000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST TO NORTHEAST SLOPES LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNRISE. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE AND TETON PASSES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES HAS FALLEN SO FAR. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...SLUSHY...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-301000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. EARLY SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN GREEN RIVER AND ROCK SPRINGS AREA SO FAR. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED IN PLACES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ004-006-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...WITH OCCASIONALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. * SNOW AMOUNTS...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN INCLUDING GREYBULL...WORLAND TO 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
828 WWUS45 KRIW 300502 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE HEAVY WET SNOW AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WITH THE STORM...AREAS OF STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WYZ014-024>027-300615- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH AN INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. IN THE BIG PINEY TO DANIEL AREA LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR OVERNIGHT. $$ WYZ012-300615- /O.CAN.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ONLY LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. $$ WYZ004-006-300615- /O.CAN.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW EXPECTED. SOME ROADS MAY BE SLICK OVERNIGHT. $$ WYZ010-011-301315- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE AND NORTH OF BUFFALO. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ015>019-301315- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE BASIN. IN THE LANDER FOOTHILLS...NEW SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 9 TO 15 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOWPACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-301315- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE ABSAROKAS AND NORTH SLOPES OF THE OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW FROM CODY TO THERMOPOLIS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. AREAS OF NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-301315- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...10 TO 16 INCHES. 16 TO 22 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 20 TO 30 INCHES POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-301315- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. THE WEST SLOPES WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ028>030-301315- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BE SLICK...SLUSHY OR SNOWPACKED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
538 WWUS45 KRIW 300821 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 221 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE HEAVY WET SNOW AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY SNOWFALL TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY. WYZ010-011-301800- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 221 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE AND NORTH OF BUFFALO. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS AND CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MONITORED BEFORE INITIATING ANY TRAVEL THROUGH JOHNSON COUNTY TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ015>019-301830- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 221 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE BASIN. IN THE LANDER FOOTHILLS...NEW SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 9 TO 15 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOWPACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING TODAY. ADDITIONALLY...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-301830- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 221 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AND NORTH SLOPES OF THE OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF BY MIDDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW FROM CODY TO THERMOPOLIS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BE HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING. NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-301830- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 221 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED. * SNOW AMOUNTS...10 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. 16 TO 22 INCHES AROUND FAVORED AREAS LIKE OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 20 TO 30 INCHES ANTICIPATED ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS AND ON ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. ADDITIONALLY...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-301800- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 221 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. THE WEST SLOPES WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BE SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ028>030-301830- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 221 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDDAY. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BE SLICK...SLUSHY OR SNOWPACKED TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND ACROSS THE AREA WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL DECREASE TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL ADDITIONALLY MAKE GENERAL TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
132 WWUS45 KRIW 301235 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE HEAVY WET SNOW AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY SNOWFALL TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY. WYZ010-011-301800- /O.CAN.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OVER SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...LESS THAN AN INCH IN BUFFALO...WHILE KAYCEE COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES. * VISIBILITY AND WIND...NORTH WIND BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVIER SNOWFALL TO REDUCED VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 25 AND 90 WILL BE SLICK...WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ002-003-301800- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THIS MORNING...WITH THE BULK OF THE SNOW IMPACTING AREAS NEAR MEETEETSE. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...LITTLE TO NONE IN CODY...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES NEAR MEETEETSE...AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS. * VISIBILITY...UNDER A MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...HIGHWAY 120 WILL BE SLICK THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF CODY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ005-007-301800- /O.EXT.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THERMOPOLIS 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH 9 AM...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 3 INCHES IN THERMOPOLIS...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * VISIBILITY...UNDER A HALF MILE IN SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLICK...AND SNOWPACKED...INCLUDING IN THE WIND RIVER CANYON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. * TUESDAY NIGHT SNOWFALL TOTALS...6 TO 10 INCHES IN MOST AREAS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY...2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 6 AM...MANY STATE HIGHWAYS WERE CLOSED...INCLUDING SOUTH PASS...HIGHWAY 20...26 BETWEEN MONETA AND CASPER...HIGHWAY 135...AND HIGHWAY 287...789 IN SOUTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY. BEFORE VENTURING OUT...PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AT WYOROAD.INFO...OR BY DIALING 511. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPORADIC OR BRIEF POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW THROUGH NOON. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY...5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE CASPER AREA...WITH AROUND 10 INCHES ON CASPER MOUNTAINS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ANOTHER 10 TO 14 INCHES ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. THE BULK OF THIS SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH NOON. * VISIBILITY AND WIND...VISIBILITY WILL BE UNDER A QUARTER MILE IN A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 6 AM...HIGHWAY 20...26 BETWEEN CASPER AND MONETA AS WELL AS WYOMING HIGHWAY 251 GOING UP CASPER MOUNTAIN WERE CLOSED. BEFORE VENTURING OUT...PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AT WYOROAD.INFO...OR BY DIALING 511. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPORADIC OR BRIEF POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-301800- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL IMPACT THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ028>030-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDDAY. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 6 AM...THE EASTBOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE 80 WAS CLOSED ACROSS MUCH OF SWEETWATER COUNTY. OTHERWISE...SLICK OR SNOWPACKED ROADS WILL OCCUR TODAY. THESE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WILL MAKE GENERAL TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ TEAM RIVERTON/21
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.