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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
212 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2025
WYZ002-003-007-014>019-025-026-042115-
WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-WIND RIVER
BASIN-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER
MOUNTAINS EAST-CODY FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE
RANGE-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-LANDER
FOOTHILLS-
212 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN HOT SPRINGS
EASTERN SUBLETTE...WESTERN FREMONT...SOUTHEASTERN PARK AND
NORTHWESTERN SWEETWATER COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM MDT...
AT 212 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF PINNACLE BUTTES TO NEAR
FREMONT PEAK TO NEAR FARSON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
DUBOIS, FARSON, BIG SANDY, BIG SANDY RECREATIONAL AREA, AND TORREY
LAKE AROUND 215 PM MDT.
CIRQUE OF THE TOWERS AND BIG SANDY OPENING AROUND 230 PM MDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CROWHEART, BULL
LAKE, WIND RIVER PEAK, DIVERSION DAM REST AREA, DICKINSON PARK,
WASHAKIE NEEDLES, UPPER SILAS LAKE, WORTHEN MEADOWS RESERVOIR,
CHRISTINA LAKE, FORT WASHAKIE, SINKS CANYON STATE PARK, SOUTH PASS
REST AREA, FRYE LAKE, LOUIS LAKE, FIDDLERS LAKE, ETHETE, MORTON,
MILFORD, SOUTH PASS CITY AND PILOT BUTTE RESERVOIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS 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.
LAT...LON 4433 10910 4343 10873 4211 10872 4197 10968
4306 10971 4392 11005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 238DEG 39KT 4395 10990 4313 10953 4211 10955
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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