Alert archive / Wyoming / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1987, 5:35 PM MDT for Campbell County, Crook County, Wyoming. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1987, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1987, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Campbell County, WY, Crook County, WY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:55 PM MDT | Hail 1.25 | Crook, WY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 400 PM MDT FRI JUN 19 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY... AT 355PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHEATLAND. THIS WAS 40 MILES SOUTH OF DOUGLAS OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE BETWEEN GLENDO AND WENDOVER BETWEEN 430 AND 5PVM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND INTENSE LIGHTNING SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. COX
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:25 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 525 PM MDT FRI JUN 19 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH DROPPED FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS DROPPED FROM NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING AT 515PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING...CAMPBELL...CROOK AND WESTON COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEAST C ORNER SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MID EVENING. COX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Big Horn | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Campbell | 60 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.