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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 11, 2007Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2007, 6:23 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2007, 6:23 PM MDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2007, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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
May 11, 6:28 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 602 Se Cheyenne, WY
May 11, 6:45 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 6010 E Cheyenne, WYTWO WEIGHTED CONSTRUCTION BARRELS BLOWN OVER NEAR I-80 PORT OF ENTRY

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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 2007-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-05-12The 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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 
WUUS55 KCYS 120023
SVRCYS
WYC021-120100-
/O.NEW.KCYS.SV.W.0021.070512T0023Z-070512T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
623 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHEYENNE...

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 609 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHEYENNE...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HWY 85 AT LODGEPOLE CREEK BY 630 PM MDT...
  HWY 85 AT COUNTY ROAD 222 BY 640 PM MDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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

LAT...LON 4125 10501 4105 10493 4108 10448 4136 10459

$$

KMD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KCYS 120049
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
647 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2007

WYC021-120100-
/O.CON.KCYS.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070512T0100Z/
LARAMIE WY-
647 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT 
FOR CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY...

AT 630 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR I-80 MM
370...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  I-80 MM 377 BY 655 PM MDT...

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

LAT...LON 4127 10470 4102 10467 4103 10436 4127 10437

$$
KMD
000 
WWUS55 KCYS 120103
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
659 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2007

WYC021-120109-
/O.EXP.KCYS.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070512T0100Z/
LARAMIE WY-
659 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY 
EXPIRES AT 700 PM MDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY HAS BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE 
WARNING FOR CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES 
A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY.  WIND GUSTS 
ACROSS EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY WILL BE UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH 730 
PM AS THE STORM CONTINUES TO WEAKEN.

IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE.

LAT...LON 4127 10470 4102 10467 4103 10436 4127 10437

$$
KMD

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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.