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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 20, 2000Goshen County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2000, 4:10 PM MDT for Goshen County, Wyoming. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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 20, 2000, 4:10 PM MDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2000, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Goshen County, WY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 20, 4:15 PM MDTHail 0.88Hawk Spgs, WY
Jul 20, 4:22 PM MDTHail 1Hawk Spgs, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 20, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 2000-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 323 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2000-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KCYS 202210
SVRCYS
WYC015-202300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
410 PM MDT THU JUL 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GOSHEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 400 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAY EM...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
  SOUTH OF LUSK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN
WYOMING.

LAT...LON 4260 10451 4243 10451 423#3 10406 4262 10407

DAUGHERTY
WCJIN-WYSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSNiobrara47 min
Jul 20, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSPlatte32 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.