Alert archive / Wyoming / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2021, 3:47 PM MDT for Fremont County, Wyoming. It was in force for 28 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2021, 3:47 PM MDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2021, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Fremont County, WY
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 4:07 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 52 | Riverton, WY | RIVERTON, WY ASOS |
| Aug 6, 4:07 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Riverton, WY | RIVERTON, WY ASOS |
| Aug 6, 4:10 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Ethete, WY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 1589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS55 KRIW 062147
SVRRIW
WYC013-062215-
/O.NEW.KRIW.SV.W.0013.210806T2147Z-210806T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Riverton WY
347 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Riverton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Fremont County in central Wyoming...
* Until 415 PM MDT.
* At 346 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ethete, or 12
miles east of Fort Washakie, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Arapahoe around 355 PM MDT.
Riverton around 400 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4292 10880 4296 10885 4306 10884 4324 10829
4295 10817
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 249DEG 39KT 4302 10864
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Myers2 follow-up statements
275
WWUS55 KRIW 062159
SVSRIW
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Riverton WY
359 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
WYC013-062215-
/O.CON.KRIW.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210806T2215Z/
Fremont-
359 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY...
At 359 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Riverton,
moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Fremont County, including the following locations... St
Stephens, Fremont County Fairgrounds and Riverton Regional Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4296 10864 4298 10869 4311 10868 4324 10829
4298 10818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 249DEG 39KT 4307 10846
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Myers826
WWUS55 KRIW 062214
SVSRIW
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Riverton WY
414 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
WYC013-062222-
/O.EXP.KRIW.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210806T2215Z/
Fremont-
414 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire. However small hail and gusty winds are still
possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
central Wyoming.
LAT...LON 4296 10864 4298 10869 4311 10868 4324 10829
4298 10818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 249DEG 39KT 4312 10829
$$
MyersThe office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 10:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Teton | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 11:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 20 min | |
| Aug 6, 8:10 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 35 min | |
| Aug 6, 9:29 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 31 min | |
| Aug 6, 10:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 29 min | |
| Aug 6, 10:33 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Hot Springs | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 10:59 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Hot Springs | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 1:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Hot Springs | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 1:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Natrona | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 2:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Natrona | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 2:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Natrona | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 2:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Natrona | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 2:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Sublette | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 2:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Fremont | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 2:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 32 min | |
| Aug 6, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Natrona | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 28 min | |
| Aug 6, 3:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Fremont | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Natrona | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 3:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Sublette | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Sublette | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Fremont | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 4:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 24 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Natrona | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 4:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 31 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Teton | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Natrona | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Natrona | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 5:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Johnson | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 5:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | Natrona | 35 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.