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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 24, 2008Converse County, Niobrara County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2008, 5:14 PM MDT for Converse County, Niobrara County, Wyoming. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2008, 5:14 PM MDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2008, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Converse County, WY, Niobrara County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 208 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 379 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 2008-08-24Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2008-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2411 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 24, 2:52 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 2:52 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 10:53 AM MDT, 6 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1053 AM MDT SUN AUG 24 2008

NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ060-067>070-251700-
SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-
CHEYENNE-NIOBRARA-PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS-
1053 AM MDT SUN AUG 24 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY EAST
OF INTERSTATE 25. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ALSO WITH THE
EXPECTED SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS THERE COULD BE BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
WYOMING AND COLORADO BORDER ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE

WYZ059-061>066-251700-
CONVERSE-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-
1053 AM MDT SUN AUG 24 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE
MAIN THREAT WITH THE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
WYOMING AND COLORADO BORDER ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

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CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 1:50 PM MDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 24, 4:15 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
415 PM MDT SUN AUG 24 2008

WYZ066-067-250015-
LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFORD...HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...
GUERNSEY
414 PM MDT SUN AUG 24 2008

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS FAR
SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF PLATTE COUNTY AND NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF
LARAMIE COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM MDT. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...PEAS SIZE HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN. THESE STORMS ARE SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Laramie48 min
Aug 24, 4:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSAlbany, Laramie, Platte4 hr
Aug 24, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse, Niobrara39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.