Alert archive / Wyoming / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2021, 4:53 PM MDT for Natrona County, Wyoming. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2021, 4:53 PM MDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Natrona County, WY
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
002
WUUS55 KRIW 062253
SVRRIW
WYC025-062330-
/O.NEW.KRIW.SV.W.0014.210806T2253Z-210806T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Riverton WY
453 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Riverton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Natrona County in central Wyoming...
* Until 530 PM MDT.
* At 453 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Ervay, or 39 miles northeast of Jeffrey City, moving northeast at
35 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Powder River.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4267 10718 4283 10739 4318 10696 4291 10667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 224DEG 29KT 4284 10720
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Vorst2 follow-up statements
444
WWUS55 KRIW 062310
SVSRIW
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Riverton WY
510 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
WYC025-062330-
/O.CON.KRIW.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210806T2330Z/
Natrona-
510 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL NATRONA COUNTY...
At 510 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of
Powder River, or 38 miles west of Casper, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Powder River and Natrona.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4277 10706 4291 10726 4317 10695 4294 10670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 224DEG 29KT 4294 10707
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Vorst328
WWUS55 KRIW 062325
SVSRIW
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Riverton WY
525 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
WYC025-062334-
/O.EXP.KRIW.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210806T2330Z/
Natrona-
525 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL NATRONA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
central Wyoming.
LAT...LON 4277 10706 4291 10726 4317 10695 4294 10670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 224DEG 29KT 4299 10701
$$
VorstThe 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, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Fremont | 28 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.