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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Riverton, WY

September 12, 2021Lincoln County, Wyoming

NWS Riverton, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2021, 6:21 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Wyoming. It was in force for 24 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
Sep 12, 2021, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Riverton, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, WY

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2021-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 642 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2021-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
642 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

711 
WUUS55 KRIW 130021
SVRRIW
WYC023-130045-
/O.NEW.KRIW.SV.W.0021.210913T0021Z-210913T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Riverton WY
621 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Riverton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Lincoln County in west central Wyoming...

* Until 645 PM MDT.

* At 620 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of
  Georgetown, or 15 miles northeast of Montpelier, moving east at 30
  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...
  Smoot and Salt River Pass around 645 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Riverton.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4244 11104 4263 11105 4263 11104 4265 11075
      4238 11077 4241 11105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 271DEG 25KT 4253 11117 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

TL
1 follow-up statement
793 
WWUS55 KRIW 130042
SVSRIW

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Riverton WY
642 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

WYC023-130052-
/O.EXP.KRIW.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210913T0045Z/
Lincoln-
642 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 645 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
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Riverton.

LAT...LON 4244 11104 4263 11105 4263 11104 4265 11075
      4238 11077 4241 11105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 271DEG 25KT 4253 11102 

$$

TL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 6:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWSublette35 min
Sep 12, 6:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWLincoln31 min
Sep 12, 7:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW31 min
Sep 12, 8:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW35 min
Sep 12, 8:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW30 min
Sep 12, 8:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW25 min
Sep 12, 10:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWNatrona35 min
Sep 12, 10:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW25 min
Sep 12, 10:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWLincoln37 min
Sep 12, 11:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW29 min
Sep 12, 11:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW26 min
Sep 12, 11:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW23 min
Sep 13, 1:56 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIWSweetwater34 min
Sep 13, 2:35 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementRIW40 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.