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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 27, 2007Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2007, 7:19 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jul 27, 2007, 7:33 PM MDT. It was in force for 102 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 27, 2007, 7:19 PM MDT (01:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 27, 2007, 7:33 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 27, 2007, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
102 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 7:50 PM MDTFLASH FLOOD17 E Cheyenne, WYWATER STANDING IN YARD ONE INCH DEPTH.
Jul 27, 7:50 PM MDTHEAVY RAIN 017 E Cheyenne, WYWATER STANDING IN YARD ONE INCH DEPTH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2007-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 601 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2007-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
601 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1823 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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.

000 
WGUS55 KCYS 280133 CCA
FFWCYS
WYC021-280315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
719 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

* UNTIL 915 PM MDT

* AT 717 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA...ON COUNTRY ROAD 154 JUST
  SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. 
  EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE BLUFFS
  THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE AREA OF CHEYENNE.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CHEYENNE AT
1-800-269-6220.

LAT...LON 4102 10448 4101 10408 4123 10407 4121 10432

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 7:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSLaramie116 min
Jul 27, 9:05 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSLaramie2 hr
Jul 28, 2:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.