Alert archive / Wyoming / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 20, 1992Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1992, 8:01 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 41 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 20, 1992, 8:01 PM MDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1992, 8:42 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Laramie County, WY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 8:15 PM MDTHail 1.25Laramie, 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1992-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1461 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1992-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1461 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSPlatte48 min
Jun 20, 9:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.