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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
558 PM MDT THU APR 16 2026
WYC037-170100-
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SWEETWATER-
558 PM MDT THU APR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL SWEETWATER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING...
* UNTIL 700 PM MDT.
* AT 557 PM MDT, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED FROM ROCK
SPRINGS TO BITTER CREEK REST AREA, WHICH IS 30 MILES WEST OF
WAMSUTTER, MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS
UP TO 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 156.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCK SPRINGS, BITTER CREEK REST AREA, RELIANCE, POINT OF ROCKS,
SOUTHWEST WYOMING REGIONAL AIRPORT, BITTER CREEK, AND SWEETWATER
COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4148 10925 4169 10925 4186 10826 4152 10833
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 251DEG 11KT 4168 10858
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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