...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM MST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM MST SATURDAY. THE
HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SUMMARY AND TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING AND
BECOME STRONG LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON
BEFORE DECREASING SATURDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE
STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 220
SOUTHWEST OUT OF CASPER...HIGHWAY 26 WEST OF CASPER AS WELL AS
INTERSTATE 25 NORTH OUT OF CASPER AND INTERSTATE 25 EAST OUT OF
CASPER WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS.
WYOMING BOULEVARD JUST SOUTH OF CASPER WILL BE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THESE CROSS WINDS SINCE THIS PORTION OF HIGHWAY IS
MORE EXPOSED DUE TO THE HIGHER ELEVATION OF THIS STRETCH OF
HIGHWAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET
AT WYOROAD.INFO.

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