Special Weather Statement
NWS Riverton WY ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact West Central Lincoln County Through 815 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 741 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles northwest of Cokeville, moving north at 50 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Salt River Pass.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
Affected areas
- Salt River and Wyoming Ranges
- South Lincoln County
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Riverton WY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~15s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2S2VD2NA4TQWJ4FPXBVM038
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c0797e4198a8ef8c1f66f29d58be23e4164f3a9b.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Riverton WY
- AWIPS ID
- CAPRIW
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2394
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSRIW |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS85 KRIW 180142 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T01:41:00-00:00...storm...197DEG...42KT...42.21,-111.02 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Salt River and Wyoming Ranges
- South Lincoln County
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 056023 |
| SAME | 056035 |
| UGC | WYZ024 |
| UGC | WYZ027 |
- Polygons
- 42.56,-111.04 42.55,-110.9 42.53,-110.9 42.54,-110.87 42.53,-110.74 42.12,-110.96 42.12,-111.05 42.56,-111.04