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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

April 19, 2005Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2005, 9:54 PM MDT for Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2005, 9:54 PM MDT (03:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2005, 10:45 PM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:56 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 00:00Z on 2005-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1105 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2005-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
1105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KCYS 200354
SVRCYS
WYC001-021-200445-
/O.NEW.KCYS.SV.W.0013.050420T0354Z-050420T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
954 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ALBANY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING
  SOUTHWESTERN LARAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING

* UNTIL 1045 PM MDT

* AT 951 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUFORD...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LARAMIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CRYSTAL LAKE RESERVOIR BY 1005 PM MDT
  GRANITE SPRINGS RESERVOIR BY 1010 PM MDT
  FEDERAL BY 1025 PM MDT

LAT...LON 4105 10548 4097 10527 4130 10500 4140 10527

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KCYS 200415
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1013 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2005

WYC001-021-200445-
/O.CON.KCYS.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050420T0445Z/
ALBANY WY-LARAMIE WY-
1013 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LARAMIE AND SOUTHEASTERN ALBANY COUNTIES...

AT 1010 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTOM WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF 
BUFORD...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TRAINED SPOTTER NEAR 
BUFORD REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL WITH THIS STORM AT 1002 PM. 

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HORSE CREEK BY 1040 PM MDT

LAT...LON 4105 10548 4097 10527 4130 10500 4140 10527

$$
000 
WWUS55 KCYS 200443
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1042 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2005

WYC001-021-200452-
/O.EXP.KCYS.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050420T0445Z/
ALBANY WY-LARAMIE WY-
1042 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LARAMIE AND
SOUTHEASTERN ALBANY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1045 PM MDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO FURTHER 
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. THEREFOR THE WARNING HAS 
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4105 10548 4097 10527 4130 10500 4140 10527

$$

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.