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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 22, 1995Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1995, 5:35 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1995, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1995, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Laramie County, WY

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 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 1995-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -48 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-351 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1321 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCYS 222334 RRA
SVRCYS
WYC021-230015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
535 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING
 
   ...SOUTHERN LARAMIE COUNTY  INCLUDING THE CITY OF CHEYENNE...
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO BUILD OVER CHEYENNE. THE THUNDERSTORM
HAS BEEN PORDUCING LARGE HAIL AND HAS BECOME STATIONARY OVER CHEYENNE.
BESIDES LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZED...THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE
LOCAL FLOODING. SOME FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALSO.
 
THIS WARNING REPLACES THBE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LARAMIE COUNTY.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL.  STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!
 
WCJIN-WYSE.
 
BAKER
&

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 22, 4:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
WYZ069-222315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
419 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

AT 4:15 PM MDT...SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA SIZED HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
AROUND CHEYENNE.  RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM AROUND 15 MILES
NORTH OF CHEYENNE.  THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY BE PRODUCING UP TO HALF
INCH HAIL.  BREIF VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY.   THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

KEEP A WATCH OUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

WCJIN-WYSE.

BAKER

&
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
WYZ069-222315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
419 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

AT 4:15 PM MDT...SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA SIZED HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
AROUND CHEYENNE.  RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM AROUND 15 MILES
NORTH OF CHEYENNE.  THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY BE PRODUCING UP TO HALF
INCH HAIL.  BREIF VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY.   THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVItNG EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

KEEP A WATCH OUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

WCJIN-WYSE.

BAKER

&
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
WYZ060-222315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
425 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995

...SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NIOBRARA COUNTY OF
EAST CENTRAL WYOMING AT 420 PM...

THE STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF LUSK AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH OVER OPEN COUNTRY.  THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY
PRODUCING HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NIOBRARA COUNTY SHOULD STAY INDOORS
UNTIL 515 PM...ALLOWING THESE STORMS TO PASS ON BY.

WCJIN-WYNE-

JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:48 PM MDT, 47 minutes before
NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-230000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
448 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

THE FIRST BATCH OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED THROUGH THE
PANHANDLE.  SKIES HAVE CLEARED...ALLOWING FOR TEMPERATURES TO WARM
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S.  ANOTHER BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS
DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SINCE 4 PM.

AS THESE STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF WYOMING AND INTO NEBRASKA BY
6 TO 7 PM...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THEM TO BE SEVERE.  HENCE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.  LARGE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:49 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-230000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
448 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

THE FIRST BATCH OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED THROUGH THE
PANHANDLE.  SKIES HAVE CLEARED...ALLOWING FOR TEMPERATURES TO WARM
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S.  ANOTHER BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS
DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SINCE 4 PM.

AS THESE STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF WYOMING AND INTO NEBRASKA BY
6 TO 7 PM...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THEM TO BE SEVERE.  HENCE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.  LARGE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD WITH 6THESE STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:30 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
WYZ069-070-240030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
530 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995

...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF LARAMIE COUNTY AT 525 PM...

THE STORMS EXTENDED AROUND CHEYENNE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST TO 10 MILES
NORTHEAST TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS
LOCATED 15 TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN COMMON WITH THESE STORMS.
PEOPLE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY...AND ALSO IN BURNS AND
CARPENTER IN THE SOUTHEAST SECTION...SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS ON BY.

WCJIN-WYSE
JAD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 1:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSJohnson34 min
Jun 22, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSPlatte29 min
Jun 22, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.