Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind warning at Jan 12, 2016, 12:04 PM MST for Park County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 12, 2016, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 19 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2016, 12:04 PM MST (19:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2016, 12:00 PM MST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
County Park County, WY
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
803 WWUS75 KRIW 121904 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1204 PM MST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...STRONG WEST WINDS IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN AFTER DARK AND PEAK DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THROUGH THE MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. THIS STRONG WESTERLY FLOW WILL BE MOST PREVALENT IN AND DOWNWIND OF THE AREA CANYONS. WYZ003-131100- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.W.0001.160113T0000Z-160113T1900Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 1204 PM MST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND PEAK DURING THE EARLY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. THE MOST FAVORED AREAS WILL BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF CLARK...ALONG HIGHWAY 120 JUST SOUTH OF CLARK AND JUST SOUTH OF CODY ALONG HIGHWAY 120. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS FROM JUST SOUTH OF CODY TO CLARK CAN EXPECT VERY STRONG CROSS-WINDS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ SKRBAC
3 follow-up statements
811 WWUS75 KRIW 130411 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 911 PM MST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...STRONG WEST WINDS IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND PEAK DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THROUGH THE MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. THIS STRONG WESTERLY FLOW WILL BE MOST PREVALENT IN AND DOWNWIND OF THE AREA CANYONS. WYZ003-131200- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160113T1900Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 911 PM MST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WIND IS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH HAVE OCCURRED THIS EVENING IN SOME LOCATIONS. * WIND SPEEDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. THE MOST FAVORED AREAS WILL BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF CLARK...ALONG HIGHWAY 120 JUST SOUTH OF CLARK...JUST SOUTH OF CODY ALONG HIGHWAY 120. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS FROM JUST SOUTH OF CODY TO CLARK CAN EXPECT VERY STRONG CROSS-WINDS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
763 WWUS75 KRIW 130747 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1247 AM MST WED JAN 13 2016 ...STRONG WEST WINDS IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING... .WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND PEAK DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THIS STRONG WESTERLY FLOW WILL BE MOST PREVALENT IN AND DOWNWIND OF THE AREA CANYONS. WYZ003-131900- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160113T1900Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 1247 AM MST WED JAN 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE...WITH THE STRONGEST WIND IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH HAVE OCCURRED SINCE MIDNIGHT AT SOME LOCATIONS. * WIND SPEEDS...INCREASING TO WEST AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE MOST FAVORED AREAS WILL BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF CLARK...ALONG HIGHWAY 120 JUST SOUTH OF CLARK...JUST SOUTH OF CODY ALONG HIGHWAY 120. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS FROM JUST SOUTH OF CODY TO CLARK CAN EXPECT VERY STRONG CROSS-WINDS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
517 WWUS75 KRIW 131859 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1159 AM MST WED JAN 13 2016 WYZ003-132000- /O.EXP.KRIW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160113T1900Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 1159 AM MST WED JAN 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY... PERIODS OF WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COULD CREATE SOME CROSSWINDS ON HIGHWAY 120 AROUND CLARK. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL WIND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WARNING LEVELS. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ BRANHAM
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.