Special Weather Statement
NWS Riverton WY ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact East Central Fremont County Through 300 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 214 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms capable of producing a landspout 9 miles east of Riverton, moving north at 35 mph.
Hazard
Landspouts, wind gusts up to 50 mph, and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Boysen State Park around 220 PM MDT. Hidden Valley around 225 PM MDT. Other locations in the path of this storm include Shoshoni.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential 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.
Affected areas
- Wind River Basin
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Riverton WY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~40s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V2G9MZGH0AP0X4T0P0JYQC
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f81551cb4324553a7fa6b613acd5027e89c469f8.001.1
- 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.3829
- 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 182014 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T20:14:00-00:00...storm...194DEG...31KT...43.02,-108.21 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Wind River Basin
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 056013 |
| UGC | WYZ017 |
- Polygons
- 42.86,-107.96 42.96,-108.35 43.43,-108.25 43.41,-108.12 43.4,-108.11 43.41,-108.09 43.41,-108.07 43.37,-107.99 43.39,-107.94 43.37,-107.92 43.38,-107.9 43.36,-107.75 42.86,-107.96