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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 12, 2007Albany County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 2007, 12:26 PM MDT for Albany County, Wyoming. It was in force for 49 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
Jul 12, 2007, 12:26 PM MDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2007, 1:15 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Albany County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 274 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 12:00Z on 2007-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 156 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2007-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-313 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-53 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 
WFUS55 KCYS 121827
TORCYS
WYC001-121915-
/O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0007.070712T1826Z-070712T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1226 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

* UNTIL 115 PM MDT

* AT 1223 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTH
  OF BALDY PEAK...OR ABOUT 27 MILES NORTH OF LARAMIE...MOVING SOUTH
  AT 10 MPH.  THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED SEVERE 
  THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY.  

* THE SEVERE STORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BALDY PEAK BY 115 PM MDT...

MOVE INTO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES.

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

LAT...LON 4182 10537 4175 10568 4145 10556 4152 10528

$$

WEILAND
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KCYS 121842
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1238 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007

WYC001-121915-
/O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070712T1915Z/
ALBANY WY-
1238 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY...

AT 1236 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF BALDY PEAK...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTH OF 
LARAMIE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.  THE STORMS WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 34 
TO THE NORTHEAST OF BOSLER.   

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE 
INDICATED COUNTY.  ANOTHER SEVERE STORM...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS FORMED 18 MILES TO THE INITTIAL TORNADIC 
STORM,  THIS SEVERE STORM IS ALSO MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH.  

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

LAT...LON 4179 10532 4173 10561 4145 10556 4152 10528

$$

WEILAND
000 
WWUS55 KCYS 121845 CCA
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1238 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007

WYC001-121915-
/O.COR.KCYS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070712T1915Z/
ALBANY WY-
1238 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY...

AT 1236 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF BALDY PEAK...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTH OF 
LARAMIE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.  THE STORMS WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 34 
TO THE NORTHEAST OF BOSLER.   

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE 
INDICATED COUNTY.  ANOTHER SEVERE STORM...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS FORMED 18 MILES TO THE INITIAL TORNADIC 
STORM.  THIS SEVERE STORM IS ALSO MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH.  

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

LAT...LON 4179 10532 4173 10561 4145 10556 4152 10528

$$

WEILAND
000 
WWUS55 KCYS 121858 CCB
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1238 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007

WYC001-121915-
/O.COR.KCYS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070712T1915Z/
ALBANY WY-
1238 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY...

AT 1236 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF BALDY PEAK...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTH OF 
LARAMIE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.  THE STORMS WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 34 
TO THE NORTHEAST OF BOSLER.   

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE 
INDICATED COUNTY.  ANOTHER SEVERE STORM...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 
PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS FORMED 18 MILES NORTHEAST TO THE INITIAL 
TORNADIC STORM.  THIS SEVERE STORM IS ALSO MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 
MPH.  

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

LAT...LON 4179 10532 4173 10561 4145 10556 4152 10528

$$

WEILAND
000 
WWUS55 KCYS 121905
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
104 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007

WYC001-121915-
/O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070712T1915Z/
ALBANY WY-
104 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY...

AT 101 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THE POSSIBLE  
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BALDY PEAK...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
LARAMIE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.  THE TRAILING STORM TO THE NORTHWEST
HAS WEAKENED SINCE 1250 PM. 

THE SEVERE STORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER 
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY.   

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

LAT...LON 4179 10532 4173 10561 4145 10556 4152 10528

$$
000 
WWUS55 KCYS 121917
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
115 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007

WYC001-121925-
/O.EXP.KCYS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070712T1915Z/
ALBANY WY-
115 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 115
PM MDT...

THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS OF 115 PM FOR EAST
CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY.  THE WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ALBANY AND WEST CENTRAL LARAMIE
COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM.  AS OF 110 PM...THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED
17 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST OF LARAMIE AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH. 

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

LAT...LON 4179 10532 4173 10561 4145 10556 4152 10528

$$

WEILAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 7:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie23 min
Jul 11, 8:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie39 min
Jul 12, 12:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany12 min
Jul 12, 1:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Laramie, Platte39 min
Jul 12, 1:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Laramie57 min
Jul 12, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie, Platte13 min
Jul 12, 1:52 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSLaramie113 min
Jul 12, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.