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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 11, 1998Albany County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1998, 5:18 AM MDT for Albany County, Wyoming. It was in force for 32 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
May 11, 1998, 5:18 AM MDT (11:18 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1998, 5:50 AM 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 11:17 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 270 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, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 1998-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 1998-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

318 
WUUS1 KCYS 111120
SVRCYS
WYC001-111150-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
518 AM MDT MON MAY 11 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ALBANY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING

* UNTIL 550 AM MDT

* AT 515 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LARAMIE ALONG
  HIGHWAY 34...MILE MARKER 26.... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH..

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE LARAMIE RANGE.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LRE
WCJIN-WYSE

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

Local storm report, May 10, 11:35 PM MDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  CHEYENNE WY
1135 PM MDT SUN MAY 10 1998

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1131 AM    27 NW CHEYENNE            WY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/98   LARAMIE

0200 PM    20-25 N CHEYENNE          WY   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/98   LARAMIE

0330 PM    LAGRANGE                  WY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/98   GOSHEN

0610 PM    23 W ALBIN                WY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/98   LARAMIE

0645 PM    20 W ALBIN                WY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/98   LARAMIE

0725 PM    ALBIN                     WY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/98   LARAMIE

0744 PM    12 W HARRISBURG           NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/98   BANNER
Local storm report, May 10, 11:35 PM MDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  CHEYENNE WY
1135 PM MDT SUN MAY 10 1998

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1131 AM    27 NW CHEYENNE            WY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/98   LARAMIE

0200 PM    20-25 N CHEYENNE          WY   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/98   LARAMIE

0330 PM    LAGRANGE                  WY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/98   GOSHEN

0610 PM    23 W ALBIN                WY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/98   LARAMIE

0645 PM    20 W ALBIN                WY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/98   LARAMIE

0725 PM    ALBIN                     WY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/98   LARAMIE

0744 PM    12 W HARRISBURG           NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/98   BANNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 6:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie39 min
May 10, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen60 min
May 10, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie61 min
May 10, 9:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie34 min
May 10, 9:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.