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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2010, 8:38 PM MDT for Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2010, 8:38 PM MDT (02:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2010, 11:18 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Morrill County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 638 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -1.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 4, 2:38 PM MDT, 6 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:38 PM MDT, 6 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 238 PM MDT SUN JUL 4 2010 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... MAIN FORECAST IMPACT IN SHORT TERM WILL BE TORNADO POTENTIAL THIS EVENING. CURRENT KCYS RADAR INDICATED TWO WELL DEFINED SUPERCELLS WITH HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES IN PLATTE COUNTY AND GOSHEN COUNTIES WHERE WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. MOST FAVORABLE INSTABILITY PATTERN IS SOUTH INTO COLORADO BUT FAVORABLE SHEAR ENVIRONMENT CONTINUES ALONG EDGE OF INSTABILITY AXIS. WILL KEEP CURRENT TREND OF SEVERE THREAT THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH HIGHEST TSTM POTENTIAL SOUTH AND EAST OVERNIGHT. MONDAY WILL DRY OUT WITH WEAK FLOW BEFORE NEXT COLD FRONT ARRIVES MONDAY NIGHT WITH RETURN TO COOLING TREND. MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE TO FIRST SIX HOUR GRIDS FOR SEVERE WEATHER WITH ONLY MINOR CHANGES INTO TUESDAY. SLA .LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY STILL SOME DIFFERENCES EVIDENT BETWEEN THE 12Z GFS AND ECMWF MODELS WITH RESPECT TO THE EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE NRN CONUS TROUGH...WITH THE GFS MORE PROGRESSIVE AND THE ECMWF LAGGING THE TROUGH AXIS FURTHER TO THE WEST AND SLOWER IN BUILDING THE WRN CONUS RIDGE. A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN A PERSISTENT BOUNDARY LAYER EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW THROUGH FRIDAY. WITH INSTABILITY PEAKING DURING THE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS...EXPECT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO CONTINUE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WEEKEND...WEAK DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED WITHIN THE ANTICYCLONIC FLOW AROUND THE WESTERN FRINGE OF THE BROAD MID/UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN CONUS WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THE FORECAST... MAINLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE AIRMASS BEHIND TUESDAY'S COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL PROVIDE BELOW NORMAL TEMPS WITH HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 60S AND 70S ON WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY WILL BE A TRANSITION DAY AS THE EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW BREAKS DOWN. TEMPS WILL RETURN BACK TO NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. && .AVIATION...18Z TAF ISSUANCE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...FAVORABLE OROGRAPHIC LIFT AND INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL DEVELOP SCT TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. LOCALIZED MVFR CONDITIONS AND MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE TSTMS WILL WEAKEN BY LATE EVENING. OVERNIGHT...EXPECT VFR EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE MVFR CIGS AT KCYS. && .HYDROLOGY...UPSTREAM RELEASES FROM RESERVOIRS IN EASTERN WYOMING WILL KEEP THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR HENRY NEB JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT COULD ACCUMULATE BETWEEN A QUARTER AND HALF INCH OVER THE BASIN WHICH MAY RESULT IN SLIGHTLY HIGHER STAGE VALUES THAN PREDICTED. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...TORNADO WATCH 442 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT FOR CARBON ALBANY AND LARAMIE COUNTIES. NE...TORNADO WATCH 442 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR BANNER CHEYENNE AND KIMBALL COUNTIES. && LONG TERM/AVIATION/HYDROLOGY...JAMSKI
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 5:33 AM MDT, 15 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 533 AM MDT SUN JUL 4 2010 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-051145- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY- SIERRA MADRE RANGE-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- 533 AM MDT SUN JUL 4 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING ALONG THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE WITHIN THE THICKEST FOG. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE
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Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | Laramie | 118 min |
| Jul 4, 6:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 6:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Kimball | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 6:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Kimball | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Morrill | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 7:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 18 min |
| Jul 4, 7:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 7:39 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | Banner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 11:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Kimball | 10 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:02 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 19 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010
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.