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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1996, 6:43 PM MDT for Albany County, Wyoming. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 2, 1996, 6:43 PM MDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1996, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Albany County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:45 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Laramie, 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, Aug 2, 2:05 PM MDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
WYZ061-062-063-065-066-067-069-070-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 204 PM MDT FRI AUG 2 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING... AT 158 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING 30 MILES WEST OF RAWLINS IN CARBON COUNTY AND ALSO IN EASTERN ALBANY COUNTY AND WESTERN LARAMIE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER INDOORS AND REMAIN AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WCJIN-WYSE ROBINSON
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:42 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
WYZ065-066-069-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 441 PM MDT FRI AUG 2 1996 ...1/2 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN THE LARAMIE RANGE... AT 434 PM...A STORM SPOTTER NEAR THE AMES MONUMENT IN THE LARAMIE RANGE REPORTED 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL WITH A STORM THAT HAD JUST PASSED OVER THE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR IN CHEYENNE SHOWED THE STORM TO BE CENTERED ON INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 335 AND 348 WEST OF CHEYENNE AT 438 PM. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 1/2 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR AS IT MOVES EAST 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU PLAN TO DRIVE ON I-80 WEST OF CHEYENNE...YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAIL...STRONG WINDS ANDh HEAVY RAIN. IF NECESSARY...PULL OVER AND WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM PASSES. THE STORM SHOULD APPROACH SOUTH CHEYENNE AROUND 5 PM. WCJIN-WYSE SULLIVAN
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 5:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
WYZ065-066-069-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 527 PM MDT FRI AUG 2 1996 ...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL REPORTED REPORTED SOUTH OF CHEYENNE... AT 525 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CHEYENNE CONTINUED TO SHOW A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND THE COLORADO BORDER. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE HIGHWAY 85 PORT OF ENTRY AT 520 PM. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS HAIL WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS IT TRACKS EAST. WITH THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS...SOME OTHERWISE DRY CREEKBEDS IN AND NEAR PORTER CREEK WILL LIKELY FILL RAPIDLY WITH WATER. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS ANY WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. MOST VEHICLES CAN BE WASHED AWAY BY LESS THAN 2 FEET OF RUNNING WATER. WCJIN-WYSE SULLIVAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 7:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 8:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 8:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 8:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 15 min |
| Aug 2, 8:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 8:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 15 min |
| Aug 3, 3:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | Sioux | 19 min |
| Aug 3, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 19 min |
| Aug 3, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 6:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 39 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 1996Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.