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High Wind Warning 13, NWS Riverton, WY

March 11, 2017Fremont County, Hot Springs County, Park County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind warning at Mar 11, 2017, 2:34 PM MST for Fremont County, Hot Springs County, Park County, Wyoming. It took effect at Mar 11, 2017, 8:00 PM MST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2017, 2:34 PM MST (21:34 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 11, 2017, 8:00 PM MST
Expired
Mar 12, 2017, 1:34 AM MST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY

Counties Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Park County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2017-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2017-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

683 
WWUS75 KRIW 112134
NPWRIW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Riverton WY
234 PM MST Sat Mar 11 2017

...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE RETURNING TO PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
WYOMING TONIGHT...

.An approaching cold front may mix strong mid level winds to the
surface and bring high winds to portions of the Absarokas and
Cody Foothills.

WYZ002-003-121200-
/O.UPG.KRIW.HW.A.0011.170312T0300Z-170312T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KRIW.HW.W.0013.170312T0300Z-170312T1200Z/
Absaroka Mountains-Cody Foothills-
Including the cities of Cody and Meeteetse
234 PM MST Sat Mar 11 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
MDT SUNDAY...

The National Weather Service in Riverton has issued a High Wind
Warning, which is in effect from 8 PM MST this evening to 6 AM
MDT Sunday. The High Wind Watch is no longer in effect. 

* TIMING...Winds increasing this evening and becoming strong 
  tonight before diminishing by sunrise Sunday morning. 

* WINDS...West 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 60 in the Cody 
  Foothills, locally higher around Clark. West 35 to 50 mph with 
  gusts to 75 mph in the Absarokas, 

* IMPACTS...Strong cross winds along Highway 120 and the Chief 
  Joseph Highway may produce blow over threat for trucks pulling 
  light weight and high profile vehicles. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts
of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
208 
WWUS75 KRIW 120834
NPWRIW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Riverton WY
134 AM MST Sun Mar 12 2017


WYZ002-003-120945-
/O.CAN.KRIW.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170312T1200Z/
Absaroka Mountains-Cody Foothills-
Including the cities of Cody and Meeteetse
134 AM MST Sun Mar 12 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Riverton has cancelled the High
Wind Warning. 

Winds are decreasing following a cold front passage. Therefore,
the high wind warning has been cancelled.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 9:51 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchRIWFremont, Hot Springs, Park17 hr
Mar 11, 10:16 AM MSTAreal Flood WarningRIWSweetwater24 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Wyoming, 2017Every high wind warning in 2017

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.