Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 13, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind warning at Feb 28, 2016, 12:40 AM MST for Park County, Wyoming. It took effect at Feb 28, 2016, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 12 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
- Feb 28, 2016, 12:40 AM MST (07:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2016, 5:00 AM MST
- In force
- 12 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 07:45 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 00:00Z, 7.7 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
- 1848 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
666 WWUS75 KRIW 280740 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1240 AM MST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...STRONG WIND IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS TONIGHT... .STRONG DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY MORNING. WYZ003-282300- /O.UPG.KRIW.HW.A.0008.160229T0000Z-160229T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.W.0013.160229T0000Z-160229T1200Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 1240 AM MST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 120 IN PARK COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT. THOSE ATTEMPTING TO PULL TRAILERS OR IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE ESPECIALLY AT RISK FOR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL OR A BLOWOVER. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
755 WWUS75 KRIW 281932 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1232 PM MST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...HIGH WINDS IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS TONIGHT... .STRONG DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY MORNING. WYZ003-291200- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0013.160229T0000Z-160229T1200Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 1232 PM MST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 120 IN PARK COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT. THOSE ATTEMPTING TO PULL TRAILERS OR IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE ESPECIALLY AT RISK FOR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL OR A BLOWOVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
798 WWUS75 KRIW 282358 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 458 PM MST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...HIGH WINDS IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS TONIGHT... .STRONG DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY MORNING. WYZ003-290800- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0013.160229T0000Z-160229T1200Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 458 PM MST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 65 MPH. * WIND REPORTS...THE PARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN CODY RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 52 MPH AT 325 PM. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 120 IN PARK COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT. THOSE ATTEMPTING TO PULL TRAILERS OR IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE ESPECIALLY AT RISK FOR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL OR A BLOWOVER. 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. && $$
138 WWUS75 KRIW 290406 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 906 PM MST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...HIGH WINDS IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .STRONG DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY MORNING. WYZ003-291200- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160229T1200Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 906 PM MST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 120 IN PARK COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT. THOSE ATTEMPTING TO PULL TRAILERS OR IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE ESPECIALLY AT RISK FOR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL OR A BLOWOVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
023 WWUS75 KRIW 291141 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 441 AM MST MON FEB 29 2016 WYZ003-291245- /O.EXP.KRIW.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160229T1200Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 441 AM MST MON FEB 29 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON WILL ALLOW THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE AREA TO EXPIRE AT 5 AM. $$ TEAM RIVERTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 6:29 PM MST | High Wind Watch | RIW | Park | 6 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Wyoming, 2016Every high wind warning in 2016
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.