Alert archive / Wyoming / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2002, 8:44 PM MDT for Goshen County, Wyoming. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 30, 2002, 8:44 PM MDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2002, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Goshen County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:56 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Torrington, 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 nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 673 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KCYS 010244 SVRCYS WYC015-010315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 844 PM MDT TUE APR 30 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING * UNTIL 915 PM MDT * AT 842 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LINGLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TORRINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LINGLE AT 843 PM. 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CHEYENNE. $$ WEILAND WCJIN-WYSE LAT...LON 4217 10444 4204 10427 4218 10406 4230 10421
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 9:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 9:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen | 25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.