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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 10, 1999Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1999, 3:06 PM MDT for Carbon County, Wyoming. It was in force for 14 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 10, 1999, 3:06 PM MDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1999, 3:20 PM MDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Carbon County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 372 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 1999-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 125 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 1999-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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.

NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 10, 2:57 AM MDT, 12 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:57 AM MDT, 12 hours 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:26 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
WYZ066>070-110200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
226 PM MDT THU JUN 10 1999

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND PARTS OF THE
WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 800 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND
PARTS OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 900 PM...

IN WYOMING...THIS WATCH AFFECTS PEOPLE IN PLATTE...GOSHEN...
LARAMIE AND EASTERN ALBANY COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES THE
CITIES OF CHEYENNE...PINE BLUFF...TORRINGTON AND WHEATLAND. THE CITY
OF LARAMIE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...THE WATCH AFFECTS SCOTTS BLUFF...
BANNER...KIMBALL...BOX BUTTE...CHEYENNE AND SOUTHERN SIOUX COUNTIES.
THIS INCLUDES SCOTTSBLUFF...ALLIANCE...SIDNEY AND KIMBALL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION
STATEMENTS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WCJIN-WYSE-
BANN
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:26 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
WYZ066>070-110200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
226 PM MDT THU JUN 10 1999

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND PARTS OF THE
WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 800 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND
PARTS OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 900 PM...

IN WYOMING...THIS WATCH AFFECTS PEOPLE IN PLATTE...GOSHEN...
LARAMIE AND EASTERN ALBANY COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES THE
CITIES OF CHEYENNE...PINE BLUFF...TORRINGTON AND WHEATLAND. THE CITY
OF LARAMIE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...THE WATCH AFFECTS SCOTTS BLUFF...
BANNER...KIMBALL...BOX BUTTE...CHEYENNE AND SOUTHERN SIOUX COUNTIES.
THIS INCLUDES SCOTTSBLUFF...ALLIANCE...SIDNEY AND KIMBALL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION
STATEMENTS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WCJIN-WYSE-
BANN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCarbon32 min
Jun 10, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.