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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 13, 1988Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1988, 12:37 PM MDT for Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1988, 12:37 PM MDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1988, 1:45 PM MDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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 13, 12:14 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1215 PM MDT MON JUN 13 1988

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
WYOMING UNTIL 700 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT
1210 PM.  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO FORMING JUST SOUTH OF
WYOMING...ALONG THE FRONT RANGE IN NORTHERN COLORADO.  ALL OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND
INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

PEOPLE IN SOUTH&EAST WYOMING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY FOR
THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.  BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE
SHOULD A THUNDERSTORM APPROACH YOUR AREA.
HATTEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSScotts Bluff60 min
Jun 12, 7:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Dawes66 min
Jun 13, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSScotts Bluff, Sioux68 min
Jun 13, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes, Sioux62 min
Jun 13, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Sheridan62 min
Jun 13, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan46 min
Jun 13, 1:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie, Platte62 min
Jun 13, 2:21 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSLaramie, Platte39 min
Jun 13, 2:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.