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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Riverton, WY

August 21, 2021Sublette County, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2021, 9:11 PM MDT for Sublette County, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. It was in force for 34 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 21, 2021, 9:11 PM MDT (03:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2021, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Sublette County, WY, Sweetwater County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2263 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

339 
WUUS55 KRIW 220311
SVRRIW
WYC035-037-220345-
/O.NEW.KRIW.SV.W.0016.210822T0311Z-210822T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Riverton WY
911 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

The National Weather Service in Riverton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Sublette County in west central Wyoming...
  North central Sweetwater County in south central Wyoming...

* Until 945 PM MDT.

* At 911 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest
  of Farson, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Big Sandy Recreational Area around 925 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 4233 10953 4264 10908 4259 10907 4244 10907
      4243 10904 4226 10905 4226 10898 4214 10895
      4209 10941
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 244DEG 40KT 4218 10960 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

Fisher
2 follow-up statements
370 
WWUS55 KRIW 220328
SVSRIW

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Riverton WY
928 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

WYC037-220337-
/O.CAN.KRIW.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210822T0345Z/
Sweetwater-
928 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SWEETWATER
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4264 10908 4259 10907 4243 10907 4243 10904
      4226 10905 4226 10925 4244 10937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 228DEG 44KT 4232 10919 

$$

WYC035-220345-
/O.CON.KRIW.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210822T0345Z/
Sublette-
928 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUBLETTE COUNTY...

At 927 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles east of Big
Sandy Recreational Area, or 19 miles northeast of Farson, moving
northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Sublette County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 4264 10908 4259 10907 4243 10907 4243 10904
      4226 10905 4226 10925 4244 10937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 228DEG 44KT 4232 10919 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

Fisher
441 
WWUS55 KRIW 220339
SVSRIW

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Riverton WY
939 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

WYC035-220348-
/O.EXP.KRIW.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210822T0345Z/
Sublette-
939 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUBLETTE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM MDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4264 10908 4259 10907 4243 10907 4243 10904
      4226 10905 4226 10925 4244 10937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 244DEG 40KT 4237 10904 

$$

Fisher

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 7:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWLincoln31 min
Aug 21, 7:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWLincoln30 min
Aug 21, 8:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW36 min
Aug 21, 8:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW24 min
Aug 21, 9:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW33 min
Aug 21, 10:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont24 min
Aug 21, 10:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWFremont30 min
Aug 21, 10:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWHot Springs24 min
Aug 21, 10:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWWashakie31 min
Aug 21, 11:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW27 min
Aug 21, 11:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWNatrona33 min
Aug 22, 12:38 PM MDTRed Flag WarningRIWFremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Natrona, Sweetwater, Washakie31 hr

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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.