Special Weather Statement
NWS Riverton WY ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact South Central Sweetwater County Through 115 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1229 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 17 miles south of Bitter Creek Rest Area, which is 34 miles east of Rock Springs, moving northeast at 25 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 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. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Sweetwater County, including the following locations... Bitter Creek.
Instructions
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- East Sweetwater County
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Riverton WY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~29s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2TWHHEZHNHR26SHXMVW20T4
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.181b151f7213b7bc6938e539da912cc21477349f.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.911
- 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 181830 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL SWEETWATER COUNTY THROUGH 115 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T18:29:00-00:00...storm...224DEG...20KT...41.4,-108.63 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- East Sweetwater County
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 056037 |
| UGC | WYZ030 |
- Polygons
- 41.26,-108.56 41.39,-108.83 41.63,-108.69 41.58,-108.4 41.49,-108.19 41.26,-108.56