Alert archive / Wyoming / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this winter storm warning at Apr 25, 2016, 1:42 PM MDT for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Apr 25, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 30 hr. 45 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
- Apr 25, 2016, 1:42 PM MDT (19:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 25, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 12:05 AM MDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
Counties Fremont County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Sublette County, WY, Sweetwater County, WY
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:02 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 1 S Casper, WY | |
| Apr 26, 7:21 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 7 Se Rock Springs, WY | |
| Apr 26, 7:34 AM MDT | SNOW 4.6 | 6 Sw Lander, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:15 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | Brooks Lake, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:17 PM MDT | SNOW 2.3 | 1 S Lander, WY | LANDER AIRPORT |
| Apr 26, 3:17 PM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | Casper, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:17 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Atlantic City, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:18 PM MDT | SNOW 2.2 | Casper, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:18 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | Green River, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:18 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 5 N Farson, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:18 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Jeffrey City, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:19 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Powder River, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:21 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | Mills, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:21 PM MDT | SNOW 5 | 2 S Casper, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:21 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Rock Springs, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:22 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 7 S Casper, WY | CASPER MOUNTAIN |
| Apr 26, 3:23 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 26 Sse Riverton, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:24 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 9.5 Sw Lander, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:25 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Bessemer Bend, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:25 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 17 | 7 S Casper, WY | CASPER MOUNTAIN |
| Apr 26, 3:27 PM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | Midwest, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:28 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 2 E Evansville, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:28 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Green River, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:29 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Farson, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:30 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | Casper, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:32 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | Green River, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:36 PM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | Green River, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:36 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | Rock Springs, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:36 PM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | Rock Springs, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:37 PM MDT | SNOW 4.1 | 4 Nnw Rock Springs, WY | |
| Apr 26, 3:37 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Rock Springs, WY | |
| Apr 26, 4:55 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 21 Sw Barnum, WY | GRAVE SPRING SNOTEL |
| Apr 26, 4:57 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 25 Sw Lander, WY | LARSEN CREEK SNOTEL |
| Apr 26, 5:21 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | 6 Wsw Dubois, WY | LITTLE WARM SNOTEL |
| Apr 26, 5:30 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 22 Sse Casper, WY | RENO HILL SNOTEL |
| Apr 26, 5:34 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 1 Sw Casper, WY | |
| Apr 26, 5:36 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 8 S Casper, WY | CASPER MOUNTAIN SNOTEL |
| Apr 26, 5:43 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 14 W Crowheart, WY | COLD SPRINGS SNOTEL |
| Apr 26, 5:43 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 19 Ssw Lander, WY | DEER PARK SNOTEL |
| Apr 26, 5:43 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 17 | 7 Nw Atlantic City, WY | SOUTH PASS SNOTEL |
| Apr 26, 5:43 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 18 | 18 W Lander, WY | HOBBS PARK SNOTEL |
| Apr 26, 5:44 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 26 Nw Lander, WY | ST. LAWRENCE ALT SNOTEL |
| Apr 26, 5:44 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 21 | 12 Sw Lander, WY | TOWNSEND CREEK SNOTEL |
| Apr 26, 6:12 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.1 | 6 W Casper, WY | CASPER AIRPORT |
| Apr 26, 7:23 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 S Casper, 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
384 WWUS45 KRIW 251942 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 142 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT PARTS OF CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .ANOTHER MAJOR STORM SYSTEM IS TAKING AIM ON CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...LOWER TO THE FOOTHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS AT TIMES WITH ROADS BECOMING SLICK OR SLUSHY AT TIMES. WYZ015-261000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0008.160426T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0009.160426T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 142 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND WIND WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING OVER THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL MAY CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO 18 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON ASSOCIATED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING SOUTH PASS DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. 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. && $$ WYZ019-261000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0008.160426T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0009.160426T0600Z-160427T0600Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 142 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND WIND WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN OVER THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BE SLICK OR SLUSHY AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ022-261000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0008.160426T0000Z-160427T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0009.160426T0600Z-160427T1200Z/ CASPER MOUNTAIN- 142 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN OVER THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR 17 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON CASPER MOUNTAIN DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. 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. && $$ WYZ018-261000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0008.160426T0600Z-160427T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0009.160426T0600Z-160427T0000Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANDER 142 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL BECOME STEADY ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE MIXING WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BECOME ALL SNOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ008-009-261000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0008.160426T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.160426T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 142 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF POWDER RIVER PASS. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON ASSOCIATED MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TEAM RIVERTON
6 follow-up statements
170 WWUS45 KRIW 260400 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1000 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT PARTS OF CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .ANOTHER MAJOR STORM SYSTEM IS TAKING AIM ON CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...LOWER TO THE FOOTHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS AT TIMES WITH ROADS BECOMING SLICK OR SLUSHY AT TIMES. WYZ015-261200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 1000 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASER OVERNIGHT AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL MAY CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO 18 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON ASSOCIATED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING SOUTH PASS DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ019-261200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.160426T0600Z-160427T0600Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 1000 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN OVER THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT... AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BE SLICK OR SLUSHY AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. 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. && $$ WYZ022-261200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.160426T0600Z-160427T1200Z/ CASPER MOUNTAIN- 1000 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN OVER THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT... AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR 17 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON CASPER MOUNTAIN DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ018-261200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.160426T0600Z-160427T0000Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANDER 1000 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...STEADY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE MIXING WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BECOME ALL SNOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF TO ONE QUARTER MILE 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. && $$ WYZ030-261200- /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.160426T0600Z-160427T0600Z/ EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAMSUTTER 1000 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN...OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL SNOW EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOWFALL...2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS FROM WAMSUTTER EASTWARD ALONG INTERSTATE 80. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DECREASING TUESDAY EVENING. VISIBILITY OF ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ007-017-261200- /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.160426T1200Z-160427T0600Z/ OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-WIND RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI 1000 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN IN THE LOWER RIVER VALLEYS THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOWFALL...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 5200 FEET. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ020-261200- /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.160426T1200Z-160427T0600Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 1000 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOWFALL...3 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF WYOMING BOULEVARD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CASPER...AND ACROSS WESTERN NATRONA COUNTY AROUND WALTMAN AND HILAND. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ010-011-261200- /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.160426T1800Z-160427T0600Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 1000 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOWFALL...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY AND ALONG THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ008-009-261200- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 1000 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF POWDER RIVER PASS. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON ASSOCIATED MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
692 WWUS45 KRIW 260840 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 240 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT PARTS OF CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH TONIGHT... .ANOTHER MAJOR STORM SYSTEM IS TAKING AIM ON CENTRAL WYOMING TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL IS ALREADY PRESENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. SNOWFALL COVERAGE WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS TODAY AS SNOW LEVELS CONTINUE TO LOWER TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BASINS. SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS. SLICK OR SLUSHY ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. WYZ015-270030- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 240 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO 18 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON ASSOCIATED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING SOUTH PASS DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. 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. && $$ WYZ019-270030- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 240 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BE SLICK OR SLUSHY AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ022-270030- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T1200Z/ CASPER MOUNTAIN- 240 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE DECREASING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 14 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR 17 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON CASPER MOUNTAIN DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. 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. && $$ WYZ018-270000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0000Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANDER 240 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CONVERT TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WEAKENING THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ028-029-270030- /O.EXA.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER 240 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE WEAKENING THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IS POSSIBLE TODAY...DECREASING THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY OF ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING ON THE I80 CORRIDOR TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ030-270030- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAMSUTTER 240 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS FROM WAMSUTTER EASTWARD ALONG INTERSTATE 80. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DECREASING THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY OF ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADWAYS ARE ANTICIPATED. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING ON THE I80 CORRIDOR TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ008-009-270030- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 240 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF POWDER RIVER PASS. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON ASSOCIATED MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ007-017-270030- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.160426T1200Z-160427T0600Z/ OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-WIND RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI 240 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND SUNRISE THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN IN THE LOWER RIVER VALLEYS TODAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOWFALL...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 5200 FEET. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ020-270030- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.160426T1200Z-160427T0600Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 240 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...3 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF WYOMING BOULEVARD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CASPER...AND ACROSS WESTERN NATRONA COUNTY AROUND WALTMAN AND HILAND. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ010-011-270030- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.160426T1800Z-160427T0600Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 240 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MIDDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOWFALL...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY AND ALONG THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
377 WWUS45 KRIW 261050 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 450 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT PARTS OF CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH TONIGHT... .ANOTHER MAJOR STORM SYSTEM IS TAKING AIM ON CENTRAL WYOMING TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL IS ALREADY PRESENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. SNOWFALL COVERAGE WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS TODAY AS SNOW LEVELS CONTINUE TO LOWER TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BASINS. SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS. SLICK OR SLUSHY ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. WYZ020-262300- /O.UPG.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.160426T1200Z-160427T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 450 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING WHEN SNOWFALL RATES NEAR ONE INCH AN HOUR COULD OCCUR. * SNOWFALL...4 TO 8 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF WYOMING BOULEVARD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CASPER...AND ACROSS WESTERN NATRONA COUNTY AROUND WALTMAN AND HILAND. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING TODAY. 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. && $$ WYZ015-262300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 450 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO 18 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON ASSOCIATED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING SOUTH PASS DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ019-262300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 450 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BE SLICK OR SLUSHY AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. 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. && $$ WYZ022-262300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T1200Z/ CASPER MOUNTAIN- 450 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE DECREASING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON CASPER MOUNTAIN DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ018-262300- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0000Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANDER 450 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALL DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...WHEN SNOWFALL RATES COULD APPROACH ONE INCH AN HOUR. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME LIGHTER LATER THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE EVENING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. 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. && $$ WYZ010-011-262300- /O.EXT.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.160426T1050Z-160427T0600Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 450 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MIDDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOWFALL...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY AND ALONG THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ028>030-262300- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 450 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS FROM WAMSUTTER EASTWARD ALONG INTERSTATE 80. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DECREASING THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY OF ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADWAYS ARE ANTICIPATED. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING ON THE I80 CORRIDOR TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ008-009-262300- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 450 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF POWDER RIVER PASS. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON ASSOCIATED MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ007-017-262300- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.160426T1200Z-160427T0600Z/ OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-WIND RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI 450 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND SUNRISE THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN IN THE LOWER RIVER VALLEYS TODAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 5200 FEET. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TEAM RIVERTON/21
012 WWUS45 KRIW 261956 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 156 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT PARTS OF CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .ANOTHER MAJOR STORM SYSTEM IS TAKING AIM ON CENTRAL WYOMING TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL HAS BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING WITH SNOW LEVELS HAVING LOWERED SOMEWHAT TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BASINS. THE SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE ADVISORY AND WARNING AREAS. SLICK OR SLUSHY ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. WYZ018-270000- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0000Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANDER 156 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE LANDER FOOTHILLS WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW HAVE ACCUMULATED SO FAR IN LANDER. THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS HAVE COLLECTED 3 TO 4 INCHES. A STORM TOTAL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY 6 PM TODAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN FALLING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADWAYS ARE ANTICIPATED. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ007-017-262100- /O.CAN.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-WIND RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVERTON...SHOSHONI 156 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW HAS FALLEN THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE WIND RIVER BASIN ALONG WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES TO THE NORTH OVER THE OWL CREEK MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AS SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WORKS ITS WAY IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. WITH THE HIGH APRIL SUN ANGLE IN PLACE...ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. THUS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WYZ015-270000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 156 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 14 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT BRUCES CAMPGROUND IN SINKS CANYON. 11 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO 18 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON ASSOCIATED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING SOUTH PASS DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ019-270000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 156 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS REPORTED AT BOTH BEAVER RIM AND JEFFREY CITY. STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BE SLICK OR SLUSHY AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. 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. && $$ WYZ022-270000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T1200Z/ CASPER MOUNTAIN- 156 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE DECREASING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...15 TO 17 INCHES OF SNOWFALL HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 13 TO 22 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ON CASPER MOUNTAIN DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-270000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 156 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE CASPER AREA WITH 8 INCHES REPORTED AT POWDER RIVER. 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF WYOMING BOULEVARD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CASPER...AND ACROSS WESTERN NATRONA COUNTY AROUND WALTMAN AND HILAND. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING TODAY. 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. && $$ WYZ028>030-270000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 156 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS FROM WAMSUTTER EASTWARD ALONG INTERSTATE 80. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DECREASING THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY OF ONE- HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADWAYS ARE ANTICIPATED. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING ON THE I80 CORRIDOR TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ008-009-270000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 156 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF POWDER RIVER PASS. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * SNOWFALL...UP TO 6 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR...WITH MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER THE EAST SLOPES. STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON GRANITE PASS AND ESPECIALLY POWDER RIVER PASS DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ010-011-270000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 156 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SNOW AND WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOWFALL...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY AND ALONG THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TEAM RIVERRTON
622 WWUS45 KRIW 270002 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 602 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT PARTS OF CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTH ACROSS EASTERN WYOMING TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW SLOWLY TAPERING OFF FROM THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT. WYZ018-270115- /O.EXP.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0000Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANDER 602 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. $$ WYZ015-270600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 602 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 14 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT BRUCES CAMPGROUND IN SINKS CANYON. 11 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO 18 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON ASSOCIATED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING SOUTH PASS DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ019-270600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 602 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS REPORTED AT BOTH BEAVER RIM AND JEFFREY CITY. STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BE SLICK OR SLUSHY AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. 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. && $$ WYZ022-271015- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T1200Z/ CASPER MOUNTAIN- 602 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE DECREASING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...15 TO 17 INCHES OF SNOWFALL HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 13 TO 22 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ON CASPER MOUNTAIN DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ020-270600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 602 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE CASPER AREA WITH 8 INCHES REPORTED AT POWDER RIVER. 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF WYOMING BOULEVARD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CASPER...AND ACROSS WESTERN NATRONA COUNTY AROUND WALTMAN AND HILAND. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING TODAY. 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. && $$ WYZ028>030-270600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 602 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE MID TO LATE EVENING. * SNOWFALL...4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS FROM WAMSUTTER EASTWARD ALONG INTERSTATE 80. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DECREASING THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY OF ONE- HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADWAYS ARE ANTICIPATED. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING ON THE I80 CORRIDOR TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ008-009-270600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 602 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF POWDER RIVER PASS. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * SNOWFALL...UP TO 6 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO FAR...WITH MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER THE EAST SLOPES. STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON GRANITE PASS AND ESPECIALLY POWDER RIVER PASS DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE SURE TO MONITOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ010-011-270600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 602 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SNOW AND WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOWFALL...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY AND ALONG THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 25 AND 90...MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY AT TIMES...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
333 WWUS45 KRIW 270605 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1205 AM MDT WED APR 27 2016 WYZ022-270715- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T1200Z/ CASPER MOUNTAIN- 1205 AM MDT WED APR 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVIER SNOW HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS 2 INCHES OR LESS. $$ WYZ015-019-020-270715- /O.EXP.KRIW.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFREY CITY...CASPER 1205 AM MDT WED APR 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. LOCAL SNOWBANDS MAY PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION FROM SWEETWATER STATION TO JEFFREY CITY UNTIL 3 AM. $$ WYZ008>011-028>030-270715- /O.EXP.KRIW.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE...ROCK SPRINGS... GREEN RIVER...WAMSUTTER 1205 AM MDT WED APR 27 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... SNOW HAS EITHER ENDED OR BECOME LIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MOSTLY AN INCH OR LESS OVERNIGHT. $$
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 Apr 25, 11:50 AM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 11:50 AM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1150 AM MDT MON APR 25 2016 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT A FEW SHOWERS LINGER OVER THE CENTRAL WYOMING THIS MORNING...AS THE SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT RAIN AND SNOWFALL WORKS TO LOSE ITS INFLUENCE OVER THE FORECAST AREA. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL BE A VERY BRIEF TRANSITORY RIDGE. THIS RIDGE WILL PERMIT ENOUGH CLEARING TO RESULT IN PATCHY FOG FOR LOW LYING AREAS HAVING RECEIVED RECENT PRECIPITATION. THIS FOG SHOULD GENERALLY LIFT BY THE MID MORNING HOURS. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...THE NEXT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AS IT PROGRESSES EASTWARD. RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER AREAS WEST OF THE DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON. INSTABILITY HAS BEEN NOTED WITH ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE DIVIDE. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ACTIVITY TODAY. AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE PROGRESSES EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST OF THE DIVIDE. MODELS STILL SHOWING DECENT INSTABILITY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FOR AREAS EAST OF THE DIVIDE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. DURING THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT...THE COLD POOL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SNOWFALL OVER THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. HERE BEGINS THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE NEXT POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT WINTRY SYSTEM. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WITH THE ONGOING CONVECTIVE COMPONENT. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR THE MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AS MOST NATIONAL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE NOTION OF THIS HEAVIER SNOWFALL. MOST LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH RAIN TONIGHT...THOUGH SOME MIXING OF SNOW WILL OCCUR ESPECIALLY ACROSS NATRONA COUNTY AND INTO SWEETWATER AND AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING. BY TUESDAY MORNING...COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE OVER NATRONA COUNTY WITH ACTIVITY TURNING TO MOSTLY SNOWFALL BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS. THIS AREA REMAINS THE QUESTION MARK REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR THE SIGNIFICANT WINTER SYSTEM. THOUGH SNOWFALL WILL BE PRESENT...IMPACTS REMAIN IN QUESTION AS SURFACES WILL STILL BE WARM...AND SNOWFALL DEPTH MAY BE DIMINISHED WITH THE INABILITY FOR SNOWFALL TO ACCUMULATE EFFICIENTLY. FOR NOW...THIS AREA HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE WINTER STORM WATCH...THOUGH IT DOES NEED MONITORING. ADDITIONAL AREAS NOT MEETING WINTER STORM CRITERIA MAY NEED ALTERNATE WINTER WEATHER RELATED STATEMENTS. SINCE THESE AREAS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SEE SNOWFALL UNTIL TUESDAY...THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE EVALUATED BY FUTURE SHIFTS. SNOWFALL FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY NIGHT...THOUGH SOME ACTIVITY WILL LINGER THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF SHOWERS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE INFLUENCING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WOBBLES AROUND WYOMING/SOUTH DAKOTA/MONTANA. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY INCLEMENT WEATHER WITH BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CONTINUES THROUGH THE EXTENDED...BUT NOT AS IMPACTFUL AS WHAT WILL OCCUR DURING THE SHORT TERM. BY THURSDAY MORNING...GLOBAL MODELS SHOW YET ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN REGION. THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST/ARIZONA ON THURSDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...SOME SHEARED ENERGY FROM THE UPPER LOW THAT IMPACTS THE AREA TUESDAY/EARLY WEDNESDAY...IS PROGGED TO RETROGRADE WEST ACROSS MONTANA. FORCING LOOKS TO BE WEAK THURSDAY...BUT ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND FOR CONTINUATION OF SLIGHT VALLEY/CHANCE MTN POPS FOR NOW. PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE MOUNTAIN SNOW AND MIX OF RAIN/SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. ON FRIDAY...MODELS SHOW THE UPPER LOW EJECTING NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN COLORADO...BUT THIS UPPER LOW IS PROGGED TO BE WEAKER AND A BIT FARTHER SOUTH THAN THE UPPER LOWS THAT IMPACTED THE AREA YESTERDAY...AND THE ONE ON TUESDAY. THE BEST SHOT AT PRECIPITATION WILL PROBABLY BE ACROSS THE FAR EAST/SOUTHEAST WHERE THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LOW WOULD BE THE GREATEST...AS WELL AS A MOIST LOW LEVEL EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW. THE 00Z ECMWF KEEPS THE UPPER LOW FARTHER SOUTH WITH A DRIER SOLUTION FRIDAY. MODELS THEN SHOW ANOTHER UPPER LOW DIVING FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...SOUTHEAST INTO NEVADA SATURDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...THE 00Z GFS TRIES TO RETROGRADE SOME ENERGY FROM THE UPPER LOW ON FRIDAY BACK INTO THE FORECAST AREA...WHILE THE ECMWF PUSHES ALL THE ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW INTO THE MISSOURI VALLEY. THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW IN NEVADA SATURDAY THEN PUSHES INTO ARIZONA SUNDAY AND REMAINS ACROSS ARIZONA/FOUR CORNERS REGION THROUGH MONDAY. WILL KEEP LOW END PRECIPITATION CHANCES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH THIS ACTIVE PATTERN. && .AVIATION.../18Z ISSUANCE/ HIGHER TERRAIN WILL MOSTLY BE OBSCURED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IN WESTERN CENTRAL WYOMING...AS A MOISTURE LADEN STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE ROCKIES. SNOW LEVELS OF 8-9K FT THIS AFTERNOON WILL DROP TO 6-7K FT TUESDAY MORNING. MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH IFR CONDITIONS AT TIMES...PRIMARILY AS HEAVY SHOWERS MOVE OVER TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS STARTED NEAR KRKS AT 18Z...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WY THROUGH AROUND 02Z. ALSO...HEAVY RAIN TURNING TO SNOW IS EXPECTED IN CENTRAL WYOMING AFTER MIDNIGHT TO AROUND 12Z...AND CONTINUING THROUGH 18Z...PRIMARILY AT KLND...KRIW...AND KCPR. CONDITIONS LOOK TO START IMPROVING FROM THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LLWS MAY BE AN ISSUE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ALSO ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WYOMING AS NORTHEAST SURFACE FLOW UNDERCUTS MID LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW. && .FIRE WEATHER... THE SYSTEM WHICH RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD TODAY...WITH A BRIEF ROUND OF HIGH PRESSURE ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING. CLEARING WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF PATCHY FOG FOR THE LOW LYING AREAS. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL THEN BEGIN TO MOVE INTO WESTERN WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WIND WITH SMALL HAIL AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST OF THE DIVIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THEN THE NEXT WINTRY SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WYOMING WITH ONGOING SNOWFALL FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND RAIN AND RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. MORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS...ESPECIALLY THE WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS...BIG HORN MOUNTAINS...CASPER MOUNTAIN...AND THE GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE. && .RIW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR WYZ022. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR WYZ008-009-015-019. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WYZ018. && SHORT TERM...BRANHAM LONG TERM...MURRELL AVIATION...MCDONALD FIRE WEATHER...BRANHAM
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 3:06 AM MDT, 10 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 306 AM MDT MON APR 25 2016 WYZ001>020-022>030-261200- 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- 306 AM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCHES ISSUED FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO WESTERN WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AS IT CONTINUES TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS...BIGHORN MOUNTAINS...THE GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE...AND CASPER MOUNTAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TUESDAY...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AREAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. SNOWFALL WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS BEGINNING TUESDAY MORNING...AND COULD BE SIGNIFICANT IN SOME AREAS SUCH AS CASPER...LANDER FOOTHILLS AND JOHNSON COUNTY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...SHOWERS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA AS LOW PRESSURE REMAINS THE PRIMARY INFLUENCE. THESE SHOWERS LOOK MOST FAVORABLE TO IMPACT THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY STRONG WIND...HAIL...OR HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THANK YOU. TEAM RIVERTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2:53 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | Big Horn, Fremont, Johnson, Natrona, Sublette, Sweetwater and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:42 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Natrona, Sweetwater and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Fremont | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 2:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Sublette | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 3:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 38 min | |
| Apr 25, 4:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Fremont | 65 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.