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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind warning at Feb 13, 2016, 6:16 AM MST for Park County, Wyoming. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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
- Feb 13, 2016, 6:16 AM MST (13:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2016, 12:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 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 13:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 13, 11:30 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 76 | 6 Wsw East Entrance, WY | MESONET STATION HOYT PEAK /HYTW4/ |
| Feb 13, 11:57 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 4 Ese Pahaska, WY | MESONET STATION 3 E PAHASKA /EGLW4/ |
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 12:00Z, 1.3 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
- 2555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
228 WWUS75 KRIW 131316 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 616 AM MST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS... .AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND FAVORABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE CLARK AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. WYZ003-131900- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.W.0007.160213T1316Z-160213T1900Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 616 AM MST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. EVEN STRONGER GUSTS AROUND 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED AROUND CLARK. CLARK HAS ALREADY REPORTED A GUST TO 81 MPH AT 550 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVELLERS ALONG HIGHWAY 120 BETWEEN CODY AND CLARK SHOULD EXPECT VERY STRONG CROSSWINDS AT TIMES. THESE WINDS COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE BLOWOVERS. SLOW DOWN AND BE ALERT. 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. && $$ SKRBAC
1 follow-up statement
856 WWUS75 KRIW 131853 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1153 AM MST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS... WYZ003-132000- /O.EXP.KRIW.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160213T1900Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 1153 AM MST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY... HIGH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE CODY FOOTHILLS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AT 15 TO 30 MPH IN PORTIONS OF THE CODY FOOTHILLS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 11:51 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | Fremont, Lincoln, Sublette, Teton | 51 hr |
| Feb 13, 11:51 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Lincoln, Natrona and 4 more | 59 hr |
| Feb 13, 12:45 PM MST | High Wind Warning | RIW | Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Natrona, Park and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 13, 12:45 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Big Horn | 45 min |
Nearby
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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.