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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 11, 1992Goshen County, Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1992, 2:08 PM MDT for Goshen County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1992, 2:08 PM MDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1992, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 222 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Jul 11, 11:22 AM MDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
WYZ025-029>034-063-112030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1120 AM MDT SAT JUL 11 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
WYOMING...

AT 11AM MDT RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT SHOWED A LARGE
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WYOMING.  THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS 25 MILES EAST OF EVANSTON WITH A COUPLE OTHER
STRONG STORMS 55 MILES NORTHEAST AND 55 MILES EAST OF EVANSTON.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE SWEETWATER/CARBON COUNTY BORDER JUST
WEST OF RAWLINS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS DEADLY
LIGHTNING SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.  BOATERS AND
OTHER PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF A
THREATENING STORM APPROACHES.
COX
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 12:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
WYZ025-029>034-063-112030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1227 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 1992

...SEVERAL QUITE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING...

AT NOON RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT SHOWED SEVERAL QUITE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING.  ONE STORM WAS 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ROCK SPRINGS.  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED AT GREEN RIVER
WITH THIS STORM.

ANOTHER STORM WAS JUST EAST OF FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR ABOUT 45 MILES
SOUTH OF ROCK SPRINGS.  A THIRD STORM WAS 45 MILES EAST OF EVANSTON.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.  THE STORM
JUST WEST OF ROCK SPRINGS WILL BE OVER THE CITY OF ROCK SPRINGS BY
130PM.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS DEADLY
LIGHTNING SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.  BOATERS AND OTHER
PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF A THREATENING
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
COX
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:17 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
WYZ066>073-112030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
117 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTER-
NOON.  THE STRONGEST STRORMS WERE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MILES SOUTH OF
TORRINGTON...NEAR HAWK SPRINGS RESERVOIR.  SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN
WAS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES
AN HOUR.

PEOPLE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. BOATERS SHOULD GET OFF THE WATER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

SCOTT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSioux30 min
Jul 10, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner, Kimball36 min
Jul 10, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSScotts Bluff38 min
Jul 10, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSScotts Bluff, Sioux29 min
Jul 10, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSScotts Bluff30 min
Jul 10, 7:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner, Morrill, Scotts Bluff28 min
Jul 10, 8:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner, Morrill30 min
Jul 10, 9:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne, Morrill27 min
Jul 11, 2:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSioux25 min
Jul 11, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball32 min
Jul 11, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball31 min
Jul 11, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte31 min
Jul 11, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball22 min
Jul 11, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes27 min
Jul 11, 4:36 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSBox Butte39 min
Jul 11, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes23 min
Jul 11, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte29 min
Jul 11, 5:50 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSCheyenne25 min
Jul 11, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen28 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.