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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Riverton, WY

June 12, 2016Lincoln County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2016, 3:35 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Wyoming. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2016, 3:35 PM MDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2016, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, WY

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 3:35 PM MDTHAIL 1Kemmerer, WY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2016-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2016-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

312 
WUUS55 KRIW 122135
SVRRIW
WYC023-122215-
/O.NEW.KRIW.SV.W.0013.160612T2135Z-160612T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
335 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WYOMING...

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT

* AT 334 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  DIAMONDVILLE...WHICH IS NEAR KEMMERER...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED AND SPOTTERS REPORTED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KEMMERER...DIAMONDVILLE...AND NAMES HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4172 11040 4176 11063 4223 11056 4222 11007
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 192DEG 29KT 4182 11050 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LIPSON
2 follow-up statements
491 
WWUS55 KRIW 122152
SVSRIW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
352 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

WYC023-122215-
/O.CON.KRIW.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160612T2215Z/
LINCOLN-
352 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 351 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF
LAKE VIVA NAUGHTON...WHICH IS 12 MILES NORTH OF KEMMERER...MOVING
NORTH AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4185 11037 4187 11061 4222 11055 4221 11024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 187DEG 27KT 4195 11048 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

LIPSON
864 
WWUS55 KRIW 122212
SVSRIW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
412 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

WYC023-122221-
/O.EXP.KRIW.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160612T2215Z/
LINCOLN-
412 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4185 11037 4187 11061 4222 11055 4221 11024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 192DEG 29KT 4195 11048 

$$

LIPSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW58 min
Jun 11, 7:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont37 min
Jun 12, 1:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW48 min
Jun 12, 2:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW45 min
Jun 12, 2:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWSweetwater40 min
Jun 12, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWSweetwater43 min
Jun 12, 2:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWUinta42 min
Jun 12, 2:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWSweetwater52 min
Jun 12, 3:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW43 min
Jun 12, 3:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWSublette37 min
Jun 12, 3:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWLincoln45 min
Jun 12, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWFremont12 min
Jun 12, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWSweetwater8 min
Jun 12, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWSweetwater44 min
Jun 12, 4:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWNatrona46 min
Jun 12, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW44 min
Jun 12, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWJohnson38 min
Jun 12, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWHot Springs50 min
Jun 12, 4:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWNatrona52 min
Jun 12, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW44 min
Jun 12, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWNatrona46 min
Jun 12, 5:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWWashakie43 min
Jun 12, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont38 min
Jun 12, 5:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWFremont34 min
Jun 12, 5:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWJohnson44 min
Jun 12, 5:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW42 min
Jun 12, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWNatrona43 min
Jun 12, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW41 min

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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.