Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this high wind warning at Jan 29, 2017, 1:48 PM MST for Fremont County, Hot Springs County, Park County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 29, 2017, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 12 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
- Jan 29, 2017, 1:48 PM MST (20:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2017, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2017, 5:00 AM MST
- In force
- 12 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 20:49 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, 8.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2273 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
950 WWUS75 KRIW 292048 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 148 PM MST SUN JAN 29 2017 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS AND ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT... .A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL COMBINE FOR CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR HIGH WINDS IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS AND ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS FROM 5 PM MST THROUGH THE NIGHT...ENDING AT 5 AM MST MONDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE CLARK AREA AND ON CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY. WYZ002-003-301200- /O.NEW.KRIW.HW.W.0002.170130T0000Z-170130T1200Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 148 PM MST SUN JAN 29 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST MONDAY. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT ENDING EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 MPH IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AROUND CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY CROSS WINDS ALONG HIGHWAY 120 AND ALONG CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF BLOW OVER FOR TRUCKS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
483 WWUS75 KRIW 300409 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 909 PM MST SUN JAN 29 2017 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS AND ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT... .A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL COMBINE FOR CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR HIGH WINDS IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS AND ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE CLARK AREA AND ON CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY. WYZ002-003-301200- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170130T1200Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 909 PM MST SUN JAN 29 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 MPH IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AROUND CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY. SO FAR...BETWEEN 6 PM AND 630 PM...A PEAK WIND GUST OF 59 MPH WAS RECORDED ALONG HIGHWAY 120...8 MILES SOUTH OF CLARK...AND A PEAK WIND GUST OF 44 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN CODY. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY CROSS WINDS ALONG HIGHWAY 120 AND ALONG CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF BLOW OVER FOR TRUCKS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
405 WWUS75 KRIW 300907 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 207 AM MST MON JAN 30 2017 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS AND ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT... .A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL COMBINE FOR CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR HIGH WINDS IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS AND ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE CLARK AREA AND ON CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY. WYZ002-003-301200- /O.CON.KRIW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170130T1200Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 207 AM MST MON JAN 30 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE CODY FOOTHILLS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 MPH IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AROUND CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY. SO FAR... BETWEEN 6 PM AND 630 PM...A PEAK WIND GUST OF 59 MPH WAS RECORDED ALONG HIGHWAY 120...8 MILES SOUTH OF CLARK...AND A PEAK WIND GUST OF 44 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN CODY. A PEAK WIND GUST OF 65 MPH OCCURRED AT CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY AT 1AM. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY CROSS WINDS ALONG HIGHWAY 120 AND ALONG CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF BLOW OVER FOR TRUCKS PULLING LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$
489 WWUS75 KRIW 301132 NPWRIW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 432 AM MST MON JAN 30 2017 WYZ002-003-301245- /O.EXP.KRIW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170130T1200Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 432 AM MST MON JAN 30 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... WINDS HAVE WEAKENED, AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. THUS THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 AM. $$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.