Special Weather Statement
NWS Riverton WY ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact West Central Lincoln County Through 900 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 819 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Salt River Pass, which is 17 miles south of Afton, moving north at 35 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny 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. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Smoot around 830 PM MDT. Other locations in the path of this storm include Afton.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 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
- Star Valley
- Salt River and Wyoming Ranges
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Riverton WY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m9s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2S50SHQDYB0BRNNJV1CWR62
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f2c1ec90ab23a2f90f49410ddfddafaf991a69b0.001.1
- 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.3397
- 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 180219 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T02:19:00-00:00...storm...192DEG...30KT...42.49,-111.01 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Star Valley
- Salt River and Wyoming Ranges
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 056023 |
| SAME | 056035 |
| UGC | WYZ023 |
| UGC | WYZ024 |
- Polygons
- 42.77,-111.04 42.77,-110.77 42.33,-110.89 42.34,-111.05 42.77,-111.04