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High Wind Warning 10, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind warning at Feb 16, 2016, 2:34 AM MST for Fremont County, Hot Springs County, Park County, Wyoming. It took effect at Feb 16, 2016, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 14 hr. 1 report 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
- Feb 16, 2016, 2:34 AM MST (09:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2016, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 6:44 PM MST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
Counties Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Park County, WY
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 1:39 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12.1 | Brooks Lake, WY |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 2268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
893 WWUS75 KRIW 160934 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 234 AM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...STRONG WIND EXPECTED OVER THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AND CODY FOOTHILLS TODAY... .VERY STRONG WESTERLY WIND WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CODY FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING. THIS VERY STRONG WIND WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. STRONG CROSSWIND WILL OCCUR OVER HIGHWAY 120 THROUGH THE CODY FOOTHILLS. WYZ002-003-170015- /O.UPG.KRIW.HW.A.0005.160216T1200Z-160217T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.W.0010.160216T1200Z-160217T0300Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 234 AM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...THE EASTERN ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS WILL SEE WESTERLY WIND OF 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH. THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CODY FOOTHILLS WILL SEE WESTERLY WIND OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWIND IS ANTICIPATED ALONG HIGHWAY 120. HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES WILL LIKELY FACE A BLOWOVER RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING. BEFORE TRAVELING... MOTORISTS SHOULD CHECK CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BY VISITING WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 511. 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. && $$ BRANHAM
3 follow-up statements
396 WWUS75 KRIW 162053 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 153 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...STRONG WIND EXPECTED OVER THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AND CODY FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND SPREADING INTO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY... .VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE CODY FOOTHILLS AND ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE QUICKLY IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING BEGINNING AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. WYZ002-003-170215- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160217T0300Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 153 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS HAVE ALREADY GUSTED TO 65 MPH AROUND CLARK AND 50 MPH BETWEEN CODY AND JUST SOUTH OF CLARK. * WINDS...THE EASTERN ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS WILL SEE WESTERLY WIND OF 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH. THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CODY FOOTHILLS WILL SEE WESTERLY WIND OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWIND IS ANTICIPATED ALONG HIGHWAY 120. HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES WILL LIKELY FACE A BLOWOVER RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING. BEFORE TRAVELING... MOTORISTS SHOULD CHECK CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BY VISITING WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 511. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WYZ015-170215- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T0000Z-160219T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 153 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE QUICKLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY BECOME HIGH WINDS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 0F 70 TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH PASS. CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ019-170215- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T0000Z-160219T0600Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 153 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE QUICKLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY BECOME HIGH WINDS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY STRONGER YET WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS BETWEEN BEAVER RIM...SWEETWATER STATION...JEFFREY CITY AND PATHFINDER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY BECOMING MORE WEST THURSDAY EVENING. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ018-170215- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1200Z-160219T0600Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANDER 153 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY DEVELOP BY SUNRISE THURSDAY OR EVEN A LITTLE BEFORE. THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AND INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN BEAVER RIM...LANDER AND FORT WASHAKIE. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS BEFORE THE WINDS HIT AGAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ028>030-170215- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1600Z-160219T0600Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 153 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING THURSDAY AND THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE THROUGH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE VERY STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE...SHIFTING TO THE WEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL LIKELY IMPACT INTERSTATE 80 ON THURSDAY BECOMING MORE WESTERLY THOUGH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ026-027-170215- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1600Z-160219T0600Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN-SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY...FARSON... KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 153 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING THURSDAY AND THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE THROUGH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE VERY STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE...SHIFTING TO THE WEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS BETWEEN KEMMERER AND BIG PINEY AND EVENTUALLY FURTHER EAST TOWARDS FARSON AND EDEN WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE VERY STRONG WINDS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ011-020-022-170215- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1600Z-160219T0600Z/ SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAYCEE...CASPER 153 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY...PEAKING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE DECREASING LATE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 65 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 75 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG OUTER DRIVE AND ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS ON INTERSTATE 25...HIGHWAY 20 26 AND 220 WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE VERY STRONG WINDS ON THURSDAY. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ005-170215- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1600Z-160219T0600Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THERMOPOLIS 153 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY ON THURSDAY AND MAY BECOME HIGH WINDS BY MID TO LATE THURSDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE BUT SHIFT MORE TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE...SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS AROUND THERMOPOLIS...KIRBY AND OVER TO GRASS CREEK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ017-170215- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1900Z-160219T0600Z/ WIND RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI 153 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AND MAY BECOME HIGH WINDS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS ON 20 26 AND 789 SHOULD BE ALERT FOR VERY STRONG AND SHIFTING WINDS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ SKRBAC
471 WWUS75 KRIW 170013 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 513 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...STRONG WIND EXPECTED OVER THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AND CODY FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND SPREADING INTO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY... .VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE CODY FOOTHILLS AND ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE QUICKLY IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING BEGINNING AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. WYZ002-003-170300- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160217T0300Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 513 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...THE EASTERN ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS WILL SEE WESTERLY WIND OF 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH. THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CODY FOOTHILLS WILL SEE WESTERLY WIND OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * WIND REPORTS...A GUST TO 87 MPH WAS RECORDED ON THE WEST SIDE OF CLARK AT 242 PM. A GUST OF 52 MPH WAS RECORDED IN DOWNTOWN CODY AT 231 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWIND IS ANTICIPATED ALONG HIGHWAY 120. HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES WILL LIKELY FACE A BLOWOVER RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING. BEFORE TRAVELING... MOTORISTS SHOULD CHECK CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BY VISITING WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 511. 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. && $$ WYZ015-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T0000Z-160219T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 513 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE QUICKLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY BECOME HIGH WINDS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 0F 70 TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH PASS. CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ019-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T0000Z-160219T0600Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 513 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE QUICKLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY BECOME HIGH WINDS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY STRONGER YET WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS BETWEEN BEAVER RIM...SWEETWATER STATION... JEFFREY CITY AND PATHFINDER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY BECOMING MORE WEST THURSDAY EVENING. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ018-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1200Z-160219T0600Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANDER 513 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY DEVELOP BY SUNRISE THURSDAY OR EVEN A LITTLE BEFORE. THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AND INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN BEAVER RIM...LANDER AND FORT WASHAKIE. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS BEFORE THE WINDS HIT AGAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ028>030-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1600Z-160219T0600Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 513 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING THURSDAY AND THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE THROUGH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE VERY STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE...SHIFTING TO THE WEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL LIKELY IMPACT INTERSTATE 80 ON THURSDAY BECOMING MORE WESTERLY THOUGH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ026-027-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1600Z-160219T0600Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN-SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY...FARSON... KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 513 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING THURSDAY AND THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE THROUGH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE VERY STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE...SHIFTING TO THE WEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS BETWEEN KEMMERER AND BIG PINEY AND EVENTUALLY FURTHER EAST TOWARDS FARSON AND EDEN WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE VERY STRONG WINDS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ011-020-022-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1600Z-160219T0600Z/ SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAYCEE...CASPER 513 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY...PEAKING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE DECREASING LATE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 65 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 75 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG OUTER DRIVE AND ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON INTERSTATE 25...HIGHWAY 20 26 AND 220 WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE VERY STRONG WINDS ON THURSDAY. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ005-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1600Z-160219T0600Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THERMOPOLIS 513 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY ON THURSDAY AND MAY BECOME HIGH WINDS BY MID TO LATE THURSDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE BUT SHIFT MORE TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE... SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS AROUND THERMOPOLIS...KIRBY AND OVER TO GRASS CREEK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ017-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1900Z-160219T0600Z/ WIND RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI 513 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AND MAY BECOME HIGH WINDS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON 20 26 AND 789 SHOULD BE ALERT FOR VERY STRONG AND SHIFTING WINDS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
741 WWUS75 KRIW 170144 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 644 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...STRONG WIND EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE QUICKLY IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING BEGINNING AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. WYZ002-003-170245- /O.CAN.KRIW.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160217T0300Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 644 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT. $$ WYZ015-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T0000Z-160219T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 644 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE QUICKLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY BECOME HIGH WINDS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 0F 70 TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH PASS. CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ019-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T0000Z-160219T0600Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 644 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE QUICKLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY BECOME HIGH WINDS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY STRONGER YET WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS BETWEEN BEAVER RIM...SWEETWATER STATION... JEFFREY CITY AND PATHFINDER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY BECOMING MORE WEST THURSDAY EVENING. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ018-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1200Z-160219T0600Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANDER 644 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY DEVELOP BY SUNRISE THURSDAY OR EVEN A LITTLE BEFORE. THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AND INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN BEAVER RIM...LANDER AND FORT WASHAKIE. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS BEFORE THE WINDS HIT AGAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ028>030-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1600Z-160219T0600Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 644 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING THURSDAY AND THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE THROUGH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE VERY STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE...SHIFTING TO THE WEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL LIKELY IMPACT INTERSTATE 80 ON THURSDAY BECOMING MORE WESTERLY THOUGH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ026-027-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1600Z-160219T0600Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN-SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY...FARSON... KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 644 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING THURSDAY AND THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE THROUGH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE VERY STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE...SHIFTING TO THE WEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS BETWEEN KEMMERER AND BIG PINEY AND EVENTUALLY FURTHER EAST TOWARDS FARSON AND EDEN WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE VERY STRONG WINDS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ011-020-022-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1600Z-160219T0600Z/ SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAYCEE...CASPER 644 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY...PEAKING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE DECREASING LATE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 65 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 75 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG OUTER DRIVE AND ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON INTERSTATE 25...HIGHWAY 20 26 AND 220 WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE VERY STRONG WINDS ON THURSDAY. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ005-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1600Z-160219T0600Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THERMOPOLIS 644 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY ON THURSDAY AND MAY BECOME HIGH WINDS BY MID TO LATE THURSDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE BUT SHIFT MORE TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE... SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS AROUND THERMOPOLIS...KIRBY AND OVER TO GRASS CREEK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ017-171000- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.A.0006.160218T1900Z-160219T0600Z/ WIND RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI 644 PM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AND MAY BECOME HIGH WINDS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON 20 26 AND 789 SHOULD BE ALERT FOR VERY STRONG AND SHIFTING WINDS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORT BEFORE VENTURING OUT AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Riverton, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Feb 16, 2:23 AM MST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 2:23 AM MST, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 223 AM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHT SNOWFALL LINGERS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. HOWEVER...THIS SNOWFALL IS DIMINISHED FROM WHAT WAS EXPERIENCED ON MONDAY. SNOWFALL COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TODAY. GUSTY WIND WILL ALSO BE FOUND AND MAY BRING SOME INSTANCES OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG WIND OVER THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AND CODY FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING. H7 WINDS OF 50 TO 65 KTS ARE EXPECTED...WITH THESE STRONGER WINDS REACHING INTO THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CODY FOOTHILLS. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED TO COVER THIS SCENARIO. STRONG WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...AND SHOULD WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. PLEASE SEE THE HIGH WIND WARNING PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON INTENSITY...TIMING...AND IMPACTS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE FOUND OVER THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...HELPING TO BRING A PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE AXIS OF THIS RIDGE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY...WITH A MORE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING SOME MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE BY THE EARLY HOURS OF THURSDAY...INTRODUCING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOWFALL. AS THIS PACIFIC SYSTEM PROGRESSES EASTWARD...A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA...WHICH WILL BRING A RETURN OF STRONG WIND FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. SPECIAL NOTE IS THE WIND CORRIDOR FROM ROCK SPRINGS TO CASPER WHICH LOOKS FAVORABLE FOR VERY STRONG WIND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED FOR ANY NEEDED WIND PRODUCTS REGARDING THIS SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY...MODELS DO INDICATE THE ARRIVAL OF A FAIR AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THE SURGE OF THE LOWEST LIFTED INDEX VALUES MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FAIRLY QUICKLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH MORE STABLE CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING. AS STABILITY INCREASES...MOISTURE DOES BECOME MORE LIMITED WITH A DECREASE IN SHOWER ACTIVITY EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A QUICK MOVING SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST ACROSS MONTANA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN SOME SNOW SHOWERS...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHWEST/NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...WITH COVERAGE AND AMOUNTS ON THE MINOR SIDE. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE BREEZY TO WINDY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND IN THE TYPICAL WIND CORRIDORS AND FOOTHILLS THAT TYPICAL BLOW IN A STRONG WESTERLY FLOW SUCH AS THE CODY FOOTHILLS. IN WAKE OF THIS WAVE...DRY WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. GLOBAL MODELS CONTINUE TO DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE EVOLUTION OF SOME STRONG PACIFIC ENERGY PUSHING INTO A WEST COAST RIDGE EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE 00Z GFS...FOR THE SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW...SHOWS A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH PUSHING THROUGH THE RIDGE...WITH IT DIGGING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THIS SCENARIO RESULT IN A GOOD CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT WITH A DECENT COLD FRONT. ON THE OTHER HAND...THE ECMWF KEEPS THE WEST COAST RIDGE...DEFLECTING MUCH OF THE ENERGY INTO SOUTHWEST CANADA WITH ONLY A HINT OF THE FEATURE IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW EARLY NEXT WEEK. SINCE ENSEMBLE DATA IS MIXED HAVE DECIDED TO LEAN TOWARD THE DRIER AND WARMER ECMWF MODEL AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION.../12Z ISSUANCE/ WEST OF THE DIVIDE...KJAC/KRKS/KPNA/KBPI ROUTES SCT-NMRS SHSN WILL OBSCURE THE HIGHER MTNS EARLY THIS MORNING WITH LOW VFR OR MVFR CIGS REMAINING IN THE VCNTY OF ALL TERMINALS EXCEPT KBPI. A DRIER WESTERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING RESULTING IN DECREASING SHSN OVER THE MTNS AND CIGS LIFTING ACROSS THE FAR WEST VALLEYS. GUSTY WEST WINDS AT 20-30KTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE VALLEYS TUESDAY NIGHT WITH MTNS REMAINING PARTIALLY OBSCURED IN SHSN. EAST OF THE DIVIDE...KCPR/KCOD/KRIW/KWRL/KLND ROUTES A STRENGTHENING WESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING AREAS OF LLWS VCNTY KCOD- KDUB-KLND 12Z-15Z TUESDAY WITH STRONGER SFC WINDS LIKELY MIXING DOWN INTO VCNTY KCOD THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA FROM 15Z TUE-12Z WED WITH SCT-BKN FL150 ACROSS NORTHERN WYOMING. && .FIRE WEATHER... PERIODS OF STRONG WIND ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WYOMING TODAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE CODY FOOTHILLS. OTHERWISE...SNOWFALL ACROSS WESTERN WYOMING WILL WEAKEN WITH WIDESPREAD DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. THIS REPRIEVE FROM PRECIPITATION WILL BE FAIRLY SHORT LIVED...WITH ANOTHER PACIFIC SYSTEM APPROACHING WEDNESDAY EVENING. ACTIVITY WILL RETURN TO SOUTHERN WYOMING THURSDAY MORNING...WITH ACTIVITY SPREADING THROUGH THE DAY. MODELS DO SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIMITED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY... STRONG WIND MAY RETURN TO THE AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE WIND CORRIDOR BETWEEN ROCK SPRINGS AND CASPER. WIND AND PRECIPITATION WILL WEAKEN THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. && .RIW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR WYZ002-003. && SHORT TERM...BRANHAM LONG TERM...WM AVIATION...AEM FIRE WEATHER...BRANHAM
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 2:26 AM MST, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 226 AM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 WYZ001>020-022>030-171200- YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK-ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS- NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-JACKSON HOLE- WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN-LANDER FOOTHILLS- GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN-STAR VALLEY- SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS- UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN-SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- 226 AM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AND CODY FOOTHILLS THROUGH 8 PM... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG WIND WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING ACROSS THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AND CODY FOOTHILLS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THESE WINDS ARE FAVORABLE TO PRODUCE STRONG CROSSWIND FOR ROADWAYS ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS. PLEASE SEE THE HIGH WIND WARNING PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THURSDAY...ANOTHER PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL BRING A RETURN OF SNOWFALL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN WYOMING. ADDITIONALLY... THIS SYSTEM MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF STRONG WIND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH. THANK YOU. TEAM RIVERTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 1:53 PM MST | High Wind Watch | RIW | Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Lincoln, Natrona, Park and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:54 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | Fremont, Lincoln, Sublette, Teton | 25 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.