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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 26, 1996Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1996, 3:59 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 61 min. 3 reports 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: Jul 26, 1996, 3:59 PM MDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 1996, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Whole counties

County Laramie County, WY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jul 26, 4:00 PM MDT	Hail 0.5	Pine Bluffs, WY
Jul 26, 4:07 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Carpenter, WY
Jul 26, 4:35 PM MDT	Hail 1	Cheyenne, 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.

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, Jul 26, 10:02 AM MDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:50 PM MDT, 9 minutes before

WYZ062-064>070-262245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
350 PM MDT FRI JUL 26 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

AT 345 PM MDT A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER SOUTHEAST
WYOMING WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CHEYENNE...ONE 25 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH...AND ANOTHER STORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CHEYENNE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE NORTHERN STORM...ON ITS CURRENT TRACK WILL AFFECT BURNS BY 445 PM
AND THE SECOND STORM WILL AFFECT CARPENTER BY 415 PM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE COVER AND WATCH OUT FOR F
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

WCJIN-WYSE
LRE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 4:50 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	CYS	Kimball	25 min
Jul 26, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Kimball	30 min
Jul 26, 5:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Kimball	34 min
Jul 25, 7:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Converse	45 min
Jul 26, 4:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	CYS	Laramie	46 min
Jul 26, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Laramie	38 min
Jul 26, 4:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Laramie	43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.