Alert archive / Wyoming / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this winter storm warning at Mar 27, 2016, 4:41 PM MDT for 10 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Mar 28, 2016, 5:39 AM MDT. It was in force for 56 hr. 60 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
- Mar 27, 2016, 4:41 PM MDT (22:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2016, 5:39 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2016, 2:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 56 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
Counties Big Horn County, WY, Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Johnson County, WY, Lincoln County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Park County, WY, Sublette County, WY, Sweetwater County, WY, Washakie County, WY
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 3:19 AM MDT | SNOW 3.9 | Afton, WY | |
| Mar 29, 3:20 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Se Bedford, WY | |
| Mar 29, 3:22 AM MDT | SNOW 2.2 | Mammoth, WY | YELLOWSTONE MAMMOTH |
| Mar 29, 3:25 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Star Valley Ranch, WY | |
| Mar 29, 3:30 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 19 Wsw Wapiti, WY | BLACKWATER SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 3:30 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 11 N Dubois, WY | BURROUGHS CREEK SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 3:30 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 30 Sw Meeteetse, WY | KIRWIN SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 3:31 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 56 Sw Cody, WY | YOUNTS PEAK SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 3:31 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 40 W Thermopolis, WY | OWL CREEK SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 3:38 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 8 Ne Afton, WY | WILLOW CREEK SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 4:45 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 2 W Riverton, WY | |
| Mar 29, 7:07 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | Hudson, WY | |
| Mar 29, 7:07 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | Riverton Airport, WY | |
| Mar 29, 7:07 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 1 S Lander, WY | LANDER AIRPORT |
| Mar 29, 7:08 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 5 Se Dubois, WY | |
| Mar 29, 7:08 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Lander, WY | |
| Mar 29, 7:21 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 17 Ese Thermopolis, WY | |
| Mar 29, 7:24 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.3 | 6 Sw Lander, WY | |
| Mar 29, 8:47 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.9 | 7 Wnw Lander, WY | |
| Mar 29, 8:47 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 9 Sse Lander, WY | |
| Mar 29, 8:48 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 5 Sse Smoot, WY | |
| Mar 29, 8:48 AM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | Riverton, WY | |
| Mar 29, 8:49 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 Se Thayne, WY | |
| Mar 29, 8:49 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 5 Nne Thayne, WY | |
| Mar 29, 9:41 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 14 Ne Shell, WY | BONE SPRINGS DIVIDE SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:41 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 18 Wsw Meeteetse, WY | TIMBER CREEK SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:41 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 18 Sw Cody, WY | MARQUETTE SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:42 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 16 W Buffalo, WY | SOLDIER PARK SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:42 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 24 Ese Boulder, WY | BIG SANDY OPENING SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:42 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 27 Nw Buffalo, WY | LITTLE GOOSE SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:42 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 14 Wsw Buffalo, WY | HANSEN SAWMILL SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:42 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 17 W Buffalo, WY | CLOUD PEAK RESERVOIR SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:43 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 12 Nne Pinedale, WY | ELKHART PARK G.S. SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:43 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 16 Sw Dubois, WY | GUNSITE PASS SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:44 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 22 N Cora, WY | KENDALL RANGER STATION SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:54 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 16 E Boulder, WY | POCKET CREEK SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:54 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 19 Ssw Lander, WY | DEER PARK SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:54 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 14 W Crowheart, WY | COLD SPRINGS SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:54 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 18 W Lander, WY | HOBBS PARK SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:55 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 19 Sw Bondurant, WY | BLIND BULL SUMMIT SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:55 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 8 Se Afton, WY | COTTONWOOD CREEK SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:55 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 7 Nw Atlantic City, WY | SOUTH PASS SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:55 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 6 Wsw Dubois, WY | LITTLE WARM SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:55 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 12 Sw Lander, WY | TOWNSEND CREEK SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:55 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 26 Nw Lander, WY | ST. LAWRENCE ALT SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:56 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 12 Ese Bondurant, WY | EAST RIM DIVIDE SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:56 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 15 Nne Cokeville, WY | KELLEY RANGER STATION SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:56 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 19 Se Afton, WY | SPRING CREEK DIVIDE SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:56 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 17 E Afton, WY | TRIPLE PEAK SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:56 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 21 W Big Piney, WY | SNIDER BASIN SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:56 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 36 N Kemmerer, WY | INDIAN CREEK SNOTEL |
| Mar 29, 9:57 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 10 Wnw Dubois, WY | |
| Mar 29, 9:57 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 6 N Riverton, WY | |
| Mar 29, 9:58 AM MDT | SNOW 2.3 | 4 Nnw Rock Springs, WY | |
| Mar 29, 9:59 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Se Lander, WY | |
| Mar 29, 5:23 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Brooks Lake, WY | |
| Mar 29, 5:40 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 17.2 E Thayne, WY | BLIND BULL SUMMIT |
| Mar 29, 5:41 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 14.3 E Thayne, WY | BOX Y RANCH |
| Mar 29, 5:41 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | Commissary Ridge, WY | |
| Mar 29, 5:42 PM MDT | SNOW 4.4 | Afton, 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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 2535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
739 WWUS45 KRIW 272241 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 441 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM LOOKS TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST WYOMING MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STORM IMPACTS MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ027-281200- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160328T1200Z-160330T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160328T1500Z-160330T0000Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 441 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SOME SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. MORE SNOW EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS TO BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED MAINLY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AROUND KEMMERER MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY DUE TO AN EAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-281200- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160328T1200Z-160330T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160328T1200Z-160330T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 441 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-281200- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160328T1200Z-160330T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160328T1800Z-160330T0000Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 441 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SOME SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ023-281200- /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160328T1500Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 441 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THEN MORE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 8 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-281200- /O.EXB.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 441 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 20 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ010-011-281200- /O.EXB.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 441 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS MONDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS TO BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...A NORTH WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ020-022-281200- /O.EXB.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 441 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW TUESDAY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...8 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. 1 TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ015>019-281200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160329T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 441 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...AREAS OF RAIN CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY EVENING. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE EAST WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS...PERIODS OF SNOW MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LOCALLY 3 FEET IN THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECT 12 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-281200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160329T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 441 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SOME SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS MONDAY. SNOW INCREASES THERE MONDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS MONDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
19 follow-up statements
643 WWUS45 KRIW 281016 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 416 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM LOOKS TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST WYOMING TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STORM IMPACTS MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ010-011-282200- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.BZ.A.0001.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 416 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...10 TO 12 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WYZ015>019-282200- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160329T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160329T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 416 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...AREAS OF RAIN CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE EAST WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS... PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECT 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-282200- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160329T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160329T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 416 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SOME SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS TODAY. SNOW INCREASES THERE TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ023-027-282200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160328T1500Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY-SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 416 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING. THEN MORE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...LATER THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-282200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160328T1200Z-160330T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 416 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING. THEN MORE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-282200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160328T1800Z-160330T0000Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 416 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...SOME SNOW THIS MORNING WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. THEN LIGHT SNOW WITH RAIN MIXED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-282200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 416 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW TUESDAY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAINS. 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ008-009-282200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 416 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 20 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ TEAM RIVERTON
144 WWUS45 KRIW 281139 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 539 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM LOOKS TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST WYOMING TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STORM IMPACTS MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ023-282300- /O.EXT.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160328T1139Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 539 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING. THEN MORE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...LATER THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-282300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160328T1200Z-160330T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 539 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING. THEN MORE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-282300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160328T1800Z-160330T0000Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 539 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...SOME SNOW THIS MORNING WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. THEN LIGHT SNOW WITH RAIN MIXED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES... TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-282300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160329T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 539 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF RAIN CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE EAST WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS... PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECT 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-282300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160328T1500Z-160330T0000Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 539 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING. THEN MORE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...LATER THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-282300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160329T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 539 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SOME SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS TODAY. SNOW INCREASES THERE TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ010-011-282300- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.A.0001.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 539 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...10 TO 12 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WYZ020-022-282300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 539 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW TUESDAY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAINS. 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ008-009-282300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 539 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 20 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ TEAM RIVERTON
283 WWUS45 KRIW 281916 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 116 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO SOUTHWEST WYOMING TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STORM WILL THEN SPREAD HEAVY WET SNOW TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ023-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 116 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES...THIS AFTERNOON... TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 116 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WITH RAIN MIXED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES... TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...PINEDALE TO BONDURANT WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 116 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160329T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 116 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF RAIN CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE EAST WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS... PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECT 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160329T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 116 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SOME SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS TODAY. SNOW INCREASES THERE TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 116 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THIS AFTERNOON... TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ012-291000- /O.NEW.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160329T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 116 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-291000- /O.NEW.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 116 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ010-011-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.A.0001.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 116 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...10 TO 12 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WYZ008-009-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 116 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 20 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ020-022-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 116 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW TUESDAY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAINS. 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ C.BAKER
034 WWUS45 KRIW 290043 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 643 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO SOUTHWEST WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STORM WILL THEN SPREAD HEAVY WET SNOW TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ023-291200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 643 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-291200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 643 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-291200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 643 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-291200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 643 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF RAIN TONIGHT...CHANGING TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING IS SOME AREAS. THE LOWEST PORTION OF THE BASIN WILL SEE RAIN CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IN THE EAST WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS...PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. MOST LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE BASIN CAN EXPECT 10 TO 20 INCHES. AREAS FROM JEFFREY CITY TO LANDER TO FORT WASHAKIE WILL SEE 18 TO 28 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-291200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 643 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-291200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 643 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ012-291200- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 643 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE PASS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-291200- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 643 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ010-011-291200- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.A.0001.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 643 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW BEGINS LATER TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...10 TO 12 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WYZ008-009-291200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 643 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW OCCURS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ020-022-291200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 643 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
281 WWUS45 KRIW 290343 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO SOUTHWEST WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STORM WILL THEN SPREAD HEAVY WET SNOW TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ010-011-291000- /O.UPG.KRIW.BZ.A.0001.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.160330T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. ON TUESDAY EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...10 TO 12 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ008-009-291000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW OCCURS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-291000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0007.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NATRONA COUNTY INCLUDING CASPER AND CASPER MOUNTAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ023-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF RAIN TONIGHT...CHANGING TO SNOW THIS EVENING IS SOME AREAS. THE LOWEST PORTION OF THE BASIN WILL SEE ANY RAIN CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IN THE EAST WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS...PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. MOST LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE BASIN CAN EXPECT 10 TO 20 INCHES. AREAS FROM JEFFREY CITY TO LANDER TO FORT WASHAKIE WILL SEE 18 TO 28 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ012-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE PASS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-291000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 943 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
291 WWUS45 KRIW 290625 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO SOUTHWEST WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STORM WILL THEN SPREAD HEAVY WET SNOW TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ010-011-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.160330T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW BY 3 AM THIS MORNING. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...10 TO 12 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ023-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW OVER THE LOWEST PORTION OF THE BASIN BY 2 AM. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IN THE EAST WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. MOST LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE BASIN CAN EXPECT 10 TO 20 INCHES. AREAS FROM JEFFREY CITY TO LANDER TO FORT WASHAKIE WILL SEE 18 TO 28 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ004-006-291630- /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160329T0900Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE BIG HORN BASIN WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL BE TURNING SNOW AROUND 3 AM EARLY THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. * SNOW AMOUNTS...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN INCLUDING GREYBULL...BASIN AND WORLAND TO 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN WITH LOCALLY MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ012-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE PASS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-291630- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 1225 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TODAY TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ TEAM RIVERTON
833 WWUS45 KRIW 291040 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO SOUTHWEST WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STORM WILL THEN SPREAD HEAVY WET SNOW TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ010-011-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.160330T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW BY 3 AM THIS MORNING. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...7 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ023-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...ONE INCH OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING ON THE RIM. 6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW OVER THE LOWEST PORTION OF THE BASIN BY 2 AM. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IN THE EAST WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...5 TO 9 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING ON THE EAST SLOPE OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN RIVERTON. TOTAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. MOST LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE BASIN CAN EXPECT 10 TO 20 INCHES. AREAS FROM JEFFREY CITY TO LANDER TO FORT WASHAKIE WILL SEE 18 TO 28 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ012-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE PASS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING...1 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING WITH UP TO 7 INCHES ON TOGWOTEE PASS. 6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ004-006-292200- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 440 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL BE TURNING SNOW AROUND 3 AM EARLY THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. * SNOW AMOUNTS...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN INCLUDING GREYBULL...BASIN AND WORLAND TO 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN WITH LOCALLY MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ TEAM RIVERTON
006 WWUS45 KRIW 291151 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO SOUTHWEST WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STORM WILL THEN SPREAD HEAVY WET SNOW TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ010-011-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.160330T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...7 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ023-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL MORE INCHES BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THIS MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...ONE INCH OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING ON THE RIM. 6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW OVER THE LOWEST PORTION OF THE BASIN BY 2 AM. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IN THE EAST WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...5 TO 10 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING ON THE EAST SLOPE OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN RIVERTON AS OF 4 AM. TOTAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED... 2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 8 TO 12 INCHES AROUND DUBOIS AND SHOSHONI. 18 TO 24 INCHES BETWEEN RIVERTON AND HUDSON WITH 24 TO 28 INCHES IN LANDER. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOW PACKED. BECOMING MORE HARD PACKED TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. * SNOW AMOUNTS...4 TO 8 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160329T1200Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ012-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE PASS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING...1 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING WITH UP TO 7 INCHES ON TOGWOTEE PASS. 6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ004-006-292300- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 551 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. * SNOW AMOUNTS...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN INCLUDING GREYBULL...BASIN AND WORLAND TO 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN WITH LOCALLY MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ TEAM RIVERTON
992 WWUS45 KRIW 291613 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WITH THE STORM AREAS OF STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ025-026-300000- /O.EXT.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-300000- /O.EXT.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR THIS MORNING. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-300000- /O.EXT.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...4 TO 8 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ010-011-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.160330T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...7 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ023-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL MORE INCHES BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW THIS MORNING HAS BROUGHT 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE LANDER AND SOUTH PASS AREAS...WITH 4 TO 5 INCHES AROUND RIVERTON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER NIGHT WITH LIGHTER SNOWFALL EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS..TOTAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 5 TO 9 INCHES AROUND DUBOIS AND SHOSHONI. 12 TO 24 INCHES BETWEEN RIVERTON AND HUDSON WITH 20 TO 28 INCHES IN LANDER. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOW PACKED. BECOMING MORE HARD PACKED TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AS OF THIS MORNING...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ028>030-300000- /O.EXT.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.160329T1613Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN GREEN RIVER AND ROCK SPRINGS THIS MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ012-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE AND TETON PASSES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAS FALLEN THROUGH THIS MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ004-006-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 1013 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. * SNOW AMOUNTS...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN INCLUDING GREYBULL...BASIN AND WORLAND TO 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN WITH LOCALLY MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
793 WWUS45 KRIW 291911 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WITH THE STORM AREAS OF STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ010-011-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.160330T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...7 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ023-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ025-026-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW HAS BROUGHT 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE LANDER AND SOUTH PASS AREAS...WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES AROUND RIVERTON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NIGHT WITH LIGHTER SNOWFALL EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS..TOTAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 5 TO 9 INCHES AROUND DUBOIS AND SHOSHONI. 12 TO 20 INCHES BETWEEN RIVERTON AND HUDSON WITH 20 TO 28 INCHES IN LANDER. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOW PACKED. BECOMING MORE HARD PACKED TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...4 TO 8 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AS OF THIS MORNING...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ012-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE AND TETON PASSES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAS FALLEN THROUGH THE MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN GREEN RIVER AND ROCK SPRINGS THIS MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ004-006-300000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 111 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. * SNOW AMOUNTS...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN INCLUDING GREYBULL...BASIN AND WORLAND TO 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN WITH LOCALLY MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
252 WWUS45 KRIW 292034 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WITH THE STORM AREAS OF STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ023-292145- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0000Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ WYZ010-011-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.160330T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...7 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ025-026-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 24 INCHES TOTAL BY LATE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW HAS BROUGHT 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE LANDER AND SOUTH PASS AREAS...WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES AROUND RIVERTON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NIGHT WITH LIGHTER SNOWFALL EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS..TOTAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED...2 TO 3 FEET ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 5 TO 9 INCHES AROUND DUBOIS AND SHOSHONI. 12 TO 20 INCHES BETWEEN RIVERTON AND HUDSON WITH 20 TO 28 INCHES IN LANDER. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOW PACKED. BECOMING MORE HARD PACKED TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE EAST SLOPES. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 12 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...4 TO 8 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.160330T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...12 TO 18 INCHES. 18 TO 24 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AS OF THIS MORNING...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...12 TO 22 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ012-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST SLOPES. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE AND TETON PASSES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAS FALLEN THROUGH THE MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN GREEN RIVER AND ROCK SPRINGS THIS MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ004-006-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 234 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. * SNOW AMOUNTS...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN INCLUDING GREYBULL...BASIN AND WORLAND TO 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN WITH LOCALLY MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
141 WWUS45 KRIW 300023 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE HEAVY WET SNOW AT TIMES ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WITH THE STORM...AREAS OF STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WYZ010-011-301000- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE AND NORTH OF BUFFALO. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ025-026-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH MODERATE SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...4 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ014-024-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...10 TO 20 INCHES TOTAL BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SALT RIVER PASS WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-301000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW HAS BROUGHT 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE LANDER AND SOUTH PASS AREAS...WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES AROUND RIVERTON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NIGHT WITH LIGHTER SNOWFALL EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS..TOTAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED...18 TO 30 INCHES ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. 4 TO 9 INCHES AROUND DUBOIS AND SHOSHONI. 10 TO 18 INCHES BETWEEN RIVERTON AND HUDSON WITH 18 TO 24 INCHES IN LANDER. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOW PACKED. BECOMING MORE HARD PACKED TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-301000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE ABSAROKAS AND NORTH SLOPES OF THE OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS. SNOW INCREASES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. 4 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS A NORTH WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH EXPECTED. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ027-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...4 TO 8 INCHES TOTAL. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. SALT RIVER PASS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-301000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...10 TO 16 INCHES. 16 TO 22 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 20 TO 30 INCHES POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-301000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR. TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL...10 TO 20 INCHES ON THE EAST SLOPES...WITH 10 TO 12 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ012-301000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE EAST TO NORTHEAST SLOPES LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNRISE. THIS INCLUDES TOGWOTEE AND TETON PASSES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR. SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES HAS FALLEN SO FAR. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES TOTAL EXPECTED SNOWFALL. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK...SLUSHY...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ028>030-301000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. EARLY SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN GREEN RIVER AND ROCK SPRINGS AREA SO FAR. * SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED IN PLACES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ004-006-300600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 623 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...WITH OCCASIONALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. * SNOW AMOUNTS...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN INCLUDING GREYBULL...WORLAND TO 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY MORE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BASIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
828 WWUS45 KRIW 300502 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE HEAVY WET SNOW AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WITH THE STORM...AREAS OF STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WYZ014-024>027-300615- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...LA BARGE...BIG PINEY... FARSON...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH AN INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. IN THE BIG PINEY TO DANIEL AREA LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR OVERNIGHT. $$ WYZ012-300615- /O.CAN.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ONLY LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. $$ WYZ004-006-300615- /O.CAN.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T0600Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW EXPECTED. SOME ROADS MAY BE SLICK OVERNIGHT. $$ WYZ010-011-301315- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE AND NORTH OF BUFFALO. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DRIVING ON AREA ROADS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ015>019-301315- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE BASIN. IN THE LANDER FOOTHILLS...NEW SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 9 TO 15 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOWPACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-301315- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE ABSAROKAS AND NORTH SLOPES OF THE OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW FROM CODY TO THERMOPOLIS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. AREAS OF NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-301315- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...10 TO 16 INCHES. 16 TO 22 INCHES AROUND OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 20 TO 30 INCHES POSSIBLE ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-301315- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. THE WEST SLOPES WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ028>030-301315- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 1102 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BE SLICK...SLUSHY OR SNOWPACKED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
538 WWUS45 KRIW 300821 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 221 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE HEAVY WET SNOW AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY SNOWFALL TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY. WYZ010-011-301800- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 221 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE. * SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF KAYCEE AND NORTH OF BUFFALO. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS AND CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MONITORED BEFORE INITIATING ANY TRAVEL THROUGH JOHNSON COUNTY TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WYZ015>019-301830- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 221 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE BASIN. IN THE LANDER FOOTHILLS...NEW SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 9 TO 15 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY TO SNOWPACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOUTH PASS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING TODAY. ADDITIONALLY...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ002-003-005-007-301830- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS 221 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AND NORTH SLOPES OF THE OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF BY MIDDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW FROM CODY TO THERMOPOLIS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND RIVER CANYON WILL BE HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING. NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-301830- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 221 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED. * SNOW AMOUNTS...10 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. 16 TO 22 INCHES AROUND FAVORED AREAS LIKE OUTER DRIVE IN SOUTH CASPER AS WELL AS SOUTH CASPER AT THE BASE OF CASPER MOUNTAIN. SNOWFALL OF 20 TO 30 INCHES ANTICIPATED ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS AND ON ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. ADDITIONALLY...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-301800- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 221 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES. THE WEST SLOPES WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BE SLICK...SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ028>030-301830- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 221 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDDAY. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 80 WILL BE SLICK...SLUSHY OR SNOWPACKED TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND ACROSS THE AREA WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL DECREASE TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES ON INTERSTATE 80. THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL ADDITIONALLY MAKE GENERAL TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
132 WWUS45 KRIW 301235 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE HEAVY WET SNOW AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY SNOWFALL TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY. WYZ010-011-301800- /O.CAN.KRIW.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OVER SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...LESS THAN AN INCH IN BUFFALO...WHILE KAYCEE COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES. * VISIBILITY AND WIND...NORTH WIND BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVIER SNOWFALL TO REDUCED VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT...INTERSTATE 25 AND 90 WILL BE SLICK...WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ002-003-301800- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THIS MORNING...WITH THE BULK OF THE SNOW IMPACTING AREAS NEAR MEETEETSE. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...LITTLE TO NONE IN CODY...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES NEAR MEETEETSE...AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS. * VISIBILITY...UNDER A MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...HIGHWAY 120 WILL BE SLICK THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF CODY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ005-007-301800- /O.EXT.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THERMOPOLIS 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH 9 AM...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 3 INCHES IN THERMOPOLIS...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * VISIBILITY...UNDER A HALF MILE IN SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLICK...AND SNOWPACKED...INCLUDING IN THE WIND RIVER CANYON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ015>019-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. * TUESDAY NIGHT SNOWFALL TOTALS...6 TO 10 INCHES IN MOST AREAS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY...2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 6 AM...MANY STATE HIGHWAYS WERE CLOSED...INCLUDING SOUTH PASS...HIGHWAY 20...26 BETWEEN MONETA AND CASPER...HIGHWAY 135...AND HIGHWAY 287...789 IN SOUTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY. BEFORE VENTURING OUT...PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AT WYOROAD.INFO...OR BY DIALING 511. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPORADIC OR BRIEF POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW THROUGH NOON. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY...5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE CASPER AREA...WITH AROUND 10 INCHES ON CASPER MOUNTAINS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ANOTHER 10 TO 14 INCHES ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. THE BULK OF THIS SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH NOON. * VISIBILITY AND WIND...VISIBILITY WILL BE UNDER A QUARTER MILE IN A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 6 AM...HIGHWAY 20...26 BETWEEN CASPER AND MONETA AS WELL AS WYOMING HIGHWAY 251 GOING UP CASPER MOUNTAIN WERE CLOSED. BEFORE VENTURING OUT...PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AT WYOROAD.INFO...OR BY DIALING 511. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPORADIC OR BRIEF POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-301800- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL IMPACT THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS INTO THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ028>030-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 635 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDDAY. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 6 AM...THE EASTBOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE 80 WAS CLOSED ACROSS MUCH OF SWEETWATER COUNTY. OTHERWISE...SLICK OR SNOWPACKED ROADS WILL OCCUR TODAY. THESE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WILL MAKE GENERAL TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ TEAM RIVERTON/21
406 WWUS45 KRIW 301531 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 931 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE HEAVY WET SNOW AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY SNOWFALL TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY. WYZ008-009-301645- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 931 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED AND ANY FURTHER SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATION. $$ WYZ002-003-010-011-301645- /O.CAN.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 931 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. $$ WYZ015>019-302345- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN- LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 931 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. * TUESDAY NIGHT SNOWFALL TOTALS...6 TO 10 INCHES IN MOST AREAS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY...2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 6 AM...MANY STATE HIGHWAYS WERE CLOSED... INCLUDING SOUTH PASS...HIGHWAY 20...26 BETWEEN MONETA AND CASPER...HIGHWAY 135...AND HIGHWAY 287...789 IN SOUTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY. BEFORE VENTURING OUT...PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AT WYOROAD.INFO...OR BY DIALING 511. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPORADIC OR BRIEF POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-302345- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 931 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW THROUGH NOON. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY...5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE CASPER AREA...WITH AROUND 10 INCHES ON CASPER MOUNTAINS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ANOTHER 10 TO 14 INCHES ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. THE BULK OF THIS SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH NOON. * VISIBILITY AND WIND...VISIBILITY WILL BE UNDER A QUARTER MILE IN A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 6 AM...HIGHWAY 20...26 BETWEEN CASPER AND MONETA AS WELL AS WYOMING HIGHWAY 251 GOING UP CASPER MOUNTAIN WERE CLOSED. BEFORE VENTURING OUT...PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AT WYOROAD.INFO...OR BY DIALING 511. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPORADIC OR BRIEF POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ005-007-301800- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THERMOPOLIS 931 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING CONTINUING THIS MORNING BEFORE ENDING BY NOON. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 2 INCHES IN THERMOPOLIS...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * VISIBILITY...UNDER A HALF MILE IN SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLICK...AND SNOWPACKED...INCLUDING IN THE WIND RIVER CANYON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ028>030-302345- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 931 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDDAY. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 9 AM...THE EASTBOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE 80 WAS CLOSED ACROSS MUCH OF SWEETWATER COUNTY. OTHERWISE...SLICK OR SNOWPACKED ROADS WILL OCCUR TODAY. THESE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WILL MAKE GENERAL TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
346 WWUS45 KRIW 301627 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1027 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WYOMING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE HEAVY WET SNOW AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY SNOWFALL TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WYDOT BEFORE PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY. WYZ005-007-301730- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160330T1800Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THERMOPOLIS 1027 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED AND ANY LEFTOVER SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. $$ WYZ016-301730- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DUBOIS 1027 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED AND ANY LEFTOVER SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE LIGHT. $$ WYZ015-017>019-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-WIND RIVER BASIN-LANDER FOOTHILLS- GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY 1027 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW TAPERING OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * TUESDAY NIGHT SNOWFALL TOTALS...6 TO 10 INCHES IN MOST AREAS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY...2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 6 AM...MANY STATE HIGHWAYS WERE CLOSED... INCLUDING SOUTH PASS...HIGHWAY 20...26 BETWEEN MONETA AND CASPER...HIGHWAY 135...AND HIGHWAY 287...789 IN SOUTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY. BEFORE VENTURING OUT...PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AT WYOROAD.INFO...OR BY DIALING 511. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPORADIC OR BRIEF POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 1027 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW THROUGH NOON. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY...5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE CASPER AREA...WITH AROUND 10 INCHES ON CASPER MOUNTAINS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ANOTHER 10 TO 14 INCHES ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. THE BULK OF THIS SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH NOON. * VISIBILITY AND WIND...VISIBILITY WILL BE UNDER A QUARTER MILE IN A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 6 AM...HIGHWAY 20...26 BETWEEN CASPER AND MONETA AS WELL AS WYOMING HIGHWAY 251 GOING UP CASPER MOUNTAIN WERE CLOSED. BEFORE VENTURING OUT...PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AT WYOROAD.INFO...OR BY DIALING 511. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPORADIC OR BRIEF POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ028>030-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 1027 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDDAY. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 9 AM...THE EASTBOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE 80 WAS CLOSED ACROSS MUCH OF SWEETWATER COUNTY. OTHERWISE...SLICK OR SNOWPACKED ROADS WILL OCCUR TODAY. THESE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WILL MAKE GENERAL TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
219 WWUS45 KRIW 301739 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1139 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...SPRING STORM WINDING DOWN... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO WIND DOWN ACROSS THE STATE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WYZ017-301845- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI 1139 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED AND ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT. $$ WYZ015-018-019-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-LANDER FOOTHILLS- GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANDER...JEFFREY CITY 1139 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW TAPERING OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * TUESDAY NIGHT SNOWFALL TOTALS...6 TO 10 INCHES IN MOST AREAS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY...2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 6 AM...MANY STATE HIGHWAYS WERE CLOSED... INCLUDING SOUTH PASS...HIGHWAY 20...26 BETWEEN MONETA AND CASPER...HIGHWAY 135...AND HIGHWAY 287...789 IN SOUTHEAST FREMONT COUNTY. BEFORE VENTURING OUT...PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AT WYOROAD.INFO...OR BY DIALING 511. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPORADIC OR BRIEF POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-022-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 1139 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW THROUGH NOON. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY...5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE CASPER AREA...WITH AROUND 10 INCHES ON CASPER MOUNTAINS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ANOTHER 10 TO 14 INCHES ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. THE BULK OF THIS SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH NOON. * VISIBILITY AND WIND...VISIBILITY WILL BE UNDER A QUARTER MILE IN A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 6 AM...HIGHWAY 20...26 BETWEEN CASPER AND MONETA AS WELL AS WYOMING HIGHWAY 251 GOING UP CASPER MOUNTAIN WERE CLOSED. BEFORE VENTURING OUT...PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AT WYOROAD.INFO...OR BY DIALING 511. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPORADIC OR BRIEF POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ028>030-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 1139 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDDAY. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY...2 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 11 AM...INTERSTATE 80 WAS CLOSED ACROSS MUCH OF SWEETWATER COUNTY. OTHERWISE...SLICK OR SNOWPACKED ROADS WILL OCCUR TODAY. THESE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WILL MAKE GENERAL TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
482 WWUS45 KRIW 302000 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 200 PM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...SPRING STORM WINDING DOWN... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO WIND DOWN ACROSS THE STATE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WYZ015-018>020-022-302100- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-LANDER FOOTHILLS- GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANDER...JEFFREY CITY...CASPER 200 PM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED AND ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MINOR. $$ WYZ028>030-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 200 PM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * NEW SNOW AMOUNTS THIS AFTERNOON...UP TO 2 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...AS OF 2 PM...INTERSTATE 80 WAS CLOSED ACROSS MUCH OF SWEETWATER COUNTY. OTHERWISE...SLICK OR SNOWPACKED ROADS WILL OCCUR TODAY. THESE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WILL MAKE GENERAL TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELERS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 27, 3:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 317 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY WINTER STORM WATCH HIGHLIGHTS EXPANDED EASTWARD FOR TUESDAY OR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINTER STORM WATCHES REMAIN FOR THE CENTRAL ZONES. WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IN THE SOUTHWEST ZONES FOR MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE REMAINING ZONES NOT INCLUDED IN A HIGHLIGHT. CLOUDS INCREASING IN THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON WITH A CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKY EAST OF THE DIVIDE WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDS. BREEZY TO WINDY AREAS IN THE FAVORED WIND PRONE AREAS AND MILD TEMPS. A STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING INTO THE NW U.S. TONIGHT AND THIS WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER ISSUE FROM LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIP MOVES INTO WESTERN WY LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO MONDAY MORNING. SNOW FOR THE MOUNTAINS WITH SOME SNOW IN THE FAR WEST VALLEYS. THERE LOOKS TO BE BREAK OR LESS INTENSE SNOW MIDDAY MONDAY UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT WHEN THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. COLDER HIGH TEMPS MONDAY. EAST OF THE DIVIDE...DRY TONIGHT WITH POSSIBLE RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS IN THE FAR NORTH LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS TO THE NORTHERN BORDER AT 12Z MONDAY. ON MONDAY THIS FRONT SAGS SOUTH DURING THE DAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WIND RIVER BASIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TO NEAR CASPER BY 00Z TUE. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS WILL OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON EAST OF THE DIVIDE. COOLER TEMPS IN THE NORTH MONDAY AND STILL MILD IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MOTHER NATURE LOOKS TO BE THROWING A TANTRUM WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN A WHILE WITH A GOOD SNOW STORM FOR MANY PORTIONS OF THE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT WITH AN INITIAL SHOT OF WARM ADVECTION/OVERRUNNING. WITH FAIRLY MILD TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY...MUCH OF THE EVENING COULD HAVE RAIN UNTIL COLDER AIR AND DYNAMIC COOLING WORK IN AND CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW. WITH 700 MILLIBAR FLOW EXPECTED TO TURN EAST TO SOUTHEAST WITH HEAVIEST SNOW MONDAY NIGHT LOOKS TO BE ACROSS THE WIND RIVER BASIN AS WELL AS THE LANDER FOOTHILLS AND AND INTO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER RANGE AS WELL AS THE EASTERN SALT AND WYOMING RANGE. THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BIG HORN RANGE COULD ALSO SEE SOME SNOW AS WELL AS THE CODY FOOTHILLS. THE LEAST WOULD BE IN THE EASTERN BIG HORN BASIN AS WELL NEAR CASPER AD THE JACKSON ALLEY WITH THE DOWNSLOPING FLOW. THERE IS STILL A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY HOW MUCH SNOW WOULD FALL DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY THOUGH. THE NAM AND EUROPEAN TAKE THE BEST LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA. IT WILL STILL BE SNOWING...BUT MAYBE NOT AS HARD AS ON MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...WITH THE STRONG LATE MARCH SUN A LOT OF SNOW COULD MELT OR AT LEAST SETTLED AND LIMIT ACCUMULATION A BIT. AS A RESULT...WE DID CUT BACK QPF A BIT DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. MEANWHILE...ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE BORDERLINE FOR SNOW SO THERE COULD END UP BEING A RAIN/SNOW MIX AND NOT SEE MUCH ACCUMULATION DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. WE DID THE OPPOSITE FOR TUESDAY NIGHT HOWEVER. A DEFORMATION ZONE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SET UP OVER CENTRAL WYOMING. THIS...COMBINED WITH WINDS TURNING TO A NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WIND COULD BRING SOME HEAVY SNOW FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WINDS THROUGH CASPER AND CASPER MOUNTAIN. THE GFS AND ESPECIALLY THE NAM HAVE SOME HEAVY QPF NEAR CASPER WITH THE NAM HAVING NEARLY AN INCH! THIS MAY BE A BIT OVERDONE BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY SNOW FOR NATRONA COUNTY. AS A RESULT...WE UPPED THE QPF FOR TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING. WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE THE WINDING DOWN DAY AS THE STORM MOVES AWAY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST AND SHEARS OUT. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY ALTHOUGH SOME HEAVIER SNOW COULD LINGER ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING INTO THE MORNING. WE LOWERED TEMPERATURES SOMEWHAT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE FRESH SNOW. GIVEN THE CONCERNS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WE DID NOT TAKE A LONG LOOK FROM THURSDAY AND ON. ANOTHER FRONT AND SHORTWAVE WILL ROTATE IN FOR THURSDAY BUT AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS MOISTURE STARVED AND ANY PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WOULD NOT BE EXCEPTIONAL. DRY WEATHER SHOULD THEN MOVE IN FOR FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER SYSTEM MAY MOVE INTO THE WEST SUNDAY BUT FOR NOW WE LEFT CONTINUITY GIVEN MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT IN THE SHORTER RANGE.&& .AVIATION.../00Z ISSUANCE/ WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...KJAC/KRKS/KPNA/KBPI ROUTES VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 06Z. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 03Z...THEN INCREASING COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH 12Z. THE JACKSON TERMINAL SITE WILL BE SEE MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AROUND 06Z AND THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 00Z TUE. THE KPNA/KBPI TERMINAL SITES WILL SEE MVFR CONDITIONS AROUND 12Z MON THROUGH 00Z TUE. KRKS WILL REMAIN VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXPECT THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS TO BE FREQUENTLY OBSCURED LATER TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY WITH IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS. EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...KCPR/KCOD/KRIW/KWRL/KLND ROUTES VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY AT THE TERMINAL SITES. SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN FAR NORTHERN WY TOWARD 12Z WITH LOCAL MVFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 17Z. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN WY AROUND 12Z MON WITH AREAS OF LOWER CLOUDS FORMING DURING THE DAY MONDAY CREATING LOCAL MVFR CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES KBYG AIRPORT. IN CENTRAL WY MONDAY AFTERNOON ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 20Z. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO THE NORTH IN CENTRAL WY MONDAY AFTERNOON. && .FIRE WEATHER... DRY EAST OF THE DIVIDE TONIGHT EXCEPT FOR SOME RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS IN THE FAR NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN THE WEST...ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. THEN SNOW WILL PREVAIL AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND FAR WEST VALLEYS. ON MONDAY PERIODS OF SNOW FOR THE WEST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. EAST OF THE DIVIDE MONDAY...MOSTLY DRY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS MONDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT EAST OF THE DIVIDE AND THIS CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY. && .RIW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WYZ002-003-005-007-015>019. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WYZ008>011. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR WYZ014-024. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR WYZ025-026. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR WYZ023-027. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WYZ020-022. && SHORT TERM...AR LONG TERM...HATTINGS AVIATION...AR FIRE WEATHER...AR
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 4:42 AM MDT, 11 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 442 AM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 WYZ001>020-022>030-281200- 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- 442 AM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN AND SNOW OVER THE FAR WEST EARLY THIS EVENING...TURNING TO ALL SNOW WEST OF THE DIVIDE LATER THIS EVENING WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED THERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A MAJOR SPRING STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION WITH SIGNIFICANT RAIN AND MOSTLY SNOW. WEST OF THE DIVIDE...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE AT TIMES MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. EAST OF THE DIVIDE...SIGNIFICANT SNOW COULD DEVELOP AS EARLY AS MONDAY NIGHT...ACROSS THE WIND RIVER BASIN AND THE CODY FOOTHILLS AS WELL AS OVER THE ADJACENT MOUNTAINS...BEFORE POSSIBLY EXPANDING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...EAST OF THE DIVIDE...LATE TUESDAY OR TUESDAY EVENING. THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO END BY LATE WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. THANK YOU. TEAM RIVERTON
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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 2:41 PM MDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 241 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 WYZ004-006-281100- NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORLAND 241 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...PERIODS OF SNOW LATER MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW EXISTS FROM THIS SYSTEM. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS ON THIS STORM AND FOR POSSIBLE WINTER HIGHLIGHTS. WYZ028>030-281100- ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 241 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...PERIODS OF SNOW TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE BY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXISTS FROM THIS SYSTEM. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS ON THIS STORM AND FOR POSSIBLE WINTER HIGHLIGHTS. WYZ001-012-013-281100- YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK-TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL...JACKSON 241 PM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...PERIODS OF SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE JACKSON VALLEY AND 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS ON THIS STORM AND FOR POSSIBLE WINTER HIGHLIGHTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:10 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Lincoln, Natrona and 4 more | 42 hr |
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