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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
518 PM MDT SAT APR 11 2026
WYZ027-028-112345-
SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-
518 PM MDT SAT APR 11 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND WEST
CENTRAL SWEETWATER COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM MDT...
AT 518 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES SOUTH OF OPAL, WHICH IS 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEMMERER, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH. A GUST UP TO 60 MPH CANNOT BE
RULED OUT.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LINCOLN AND WEST CENTRAL SWEETWATER COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS... KEMMERER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 63 AND 76.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4184 11059 4192 11016 4153 10970 4151 11005
4158 11005 4158 11075
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 224DEG 23KT 4162 11040
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
GERHARDT
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