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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 22, 1996Platte County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1996, 3:05 PM MDT for Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1996, 3:05 PM MDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1996, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Platte County, WY

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 274 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 1996-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 1996-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
426 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, Jun 22, 9:45 AM MDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 10:52 AM MDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
WYZ059>070-NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-230000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION FOR UPPER LEVEL WIND DIRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1052  AM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996

THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL IN THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE CHEYENNE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IS HIGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY BY MID AFTERNOON

DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE SOME LIFTING AND HELP PROMOTE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER CHEYENNE/S COUNTY WARNING AREA TODAY.
LOW FOG OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING WITH HIGH SURFACE DEWPOINTS WILL
PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
TODAY. ALOFT FLOW FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE THE STORMS THAT FORM
TO THE NORTHEAST. LOW LEVEL SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS ...SHOULD PROVIDE
THE NECESSARY SHEARING FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SEVERE LEVELS
AS THE DAY CONTINUES.

WTP
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
152 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996

AT 149 PM MDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN
ALBANY COUNTY INTO NORTHERN PLATTE COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS
LOCATED IN NORTHERN ALBANY COUNTY 35 MILES NORTH OF LARAMIE.  THIS
STORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD THEREFORE BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR
THESE STORMS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD A STORM APPROACH.

WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE

MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:58 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
WYOMING...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 900 PM MDT.  COUNTIES IN THIS WATCH INCLUDE:

SOUTHEASTERN CONVERSE...SOUTHERN NIOBRARA...PLATTE...GOSHEN....AND
LARAMIE.

CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE:

DOUGALS...LUSK...WHEATLAND...TORRINGTON...AND CHEYENNE.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS
IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE

MOORE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSNiobrara37 min
Jun 22, 4:18 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSGoshen27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.