1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Riverton, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 13, 2:37 AM MST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 237 AM MST WED FEB 13 2002 THE 08Z SFC CHART SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE OVER ERN ID AND WRN WY WITH A LEE TROUGH EXTENDING INTO NE WY. METARS INDICATE GENERALLY LIGHT SW WIND OVER THE WIND CORRIDOR. A RIDGE CAN BE SEEN OVER THE SW US AND A TROUGH IN THE PAC NW PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. MAIN PROBLEM THIS FCST PKG IS POPS WITH TROUGH PASSAGE WED NIGHT AND THU. CLDS INCREASE AFT 00Z THU IN THE FAR WEST AND SPREAD EAST OF THE DIVIDE AROUND 06Z THU. THE SFC FT...ACCORDING TO THE MESOETA...MOVES INTO COD/BYG AFT 06Z THU AND INTO THE RIW/CPR AREAS AROUND 15Z. WESTERLY WIND OVER SRN WY KEEPS THE FRONT OUT OF THE RKS AREA UNTIL ARD 21Z. LOW SCT POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FA SHOULD HANDLE QUICK MOVING NRN STREAM TROUGH. TROUGH AXIS MOVES EAST OF THE FA BY 00Z FRI. WINDS AHEAD AND BEHIND THIS FEATURE WILL BE IN THE BREEZY TO WINDY CATEGORIES THROUGH THU EVE. HIGH PRESSURE/SUBSIDENCE WILL RULE OVER THE FA TODAY AND AGAIN ON FRI. H7 TEMPS WARM ABOUT 10 DEGREES TODAY AND THEN FALL BACK ABOUT 12 DEGREES ON THU AND THEN MAKE GOOD RECOVERY ON FRI. IN THE EXTENDED...NEW MRF STILL ADVERTIZING CHANCE OF SNOW OVER THE ENTIRE FA SUN/MON. THE AVN SEEMS TO ALSO BE TRENDING TOWARD THIS SCENARIO. CURRENT FCST HANDLES THIS WELL WEST OF THE DIVIDE. EAST OF THE DIVIDE STILL TRICKY SINCE THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY AS THIS NEXT TROUGH EVOLVES IN THE WEST. IF IT UNFOLDS AS MODEL INDICATES AN UPSLOPE EVENT EAST OF THE DIVIDE WILL BE POSSIBLE. .RIW...NONE FS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Automated sensors recorded frequent wind gusts of 60 to 72 mph in the southwest part of Natrona County. Wind gusts in Casper approached 60 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wyoming in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, February 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5282861.