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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2010, 1:00 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 53 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
- Jul 11, 2010, 1:00 PM MDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2010, 1:53 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 343 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 11, 11:21 AM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 11:21 AM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1121 AM MDT SUN JUL 11 2010 .UPDATE TO AVIATION... AVIATION...FOR 18Z ISSUANCE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT OUTSIDE OF WIDELY SCTD AFTERNOON AND EVENING TSTMS WHERE BRIEF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS ARE POSSIBLE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 956 AM MDT SUN JUL 11 2010/ UPDATE...FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL HELP TO MOISTEN THE BOUNDARY LAYER ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. THE SHORTWAVE FEATURE MOVING INTO NORTHERN WYOMING FROM MONTANA WILL INCREASE DEEP LAYER SHEAR TO 45 TO 55 KTS AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS TO TAP INTO THIS MOISTURE TO PRODUCE A FEW SEVERE STORMS OVER THE FAR EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA. THUS HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST TO ADD MENTION OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EAST OF A LINE FROM BILL...TO LA GRANGE AND DOWN TO PINE BLUFFS. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A HIGH LIKELIHOOD FROM THE STORMS SO WILL BE ON THE ALERT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING POTENTIAL AS WELL. THE BEST POTENTIAL WILL BE FROM ROUGHLY 20Z THROUGH 03Z THIS EVENING SPREADING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 230 AM MDT SUN JUL 11 2010/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... WNW TO NW FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE BACKING TO WRLY MONDAY NIGHT. UPPER TROF IN THE FLOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SHOULD PRODUCE AT LEAST WDLY SCTD SHOWERS AND TSTRMS. STORMS NOT EXPECTED TO BE THAT STRONG DUE TO RELATIVELY MODEST SHEAR AND INSTABILITIES. ACTIVITY MAY HOLD ON A BIT LONGER TONIGHT DESPITE LOSS OF HEATING AS DECENT DYNAMICS FROM UPPER TROF HANG ON OVER THE PANHANDLE THIS EVENING BUT ANY REMAINING RAIN SHOULD MOVE OUT BY LATE IN THE EVENING. WARMER AND MAINLY DRY WEATHER EXPECTED FOR MONDAY AS SOME MID LEVEL WARMING OCCURS AHEAD OF RATHER STRONG UPPER LOW THAT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS FAR SW CANADA. SFC BOUNDARY SHOULD EXIST OVER THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MONDAY AND COULD ACT TO FOCUS SOME CONVECTION BUT STRONGER CAPPING MAY PREVENT IT. WILL KEEP LOW POPS GOING IN THIS AREA FOR NOW WITH CLEARING EXPECTED OTHERWISE MONDAY EVENING. LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MODELS ARE VERY SIMILAR IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. LOOKS LIKE A HOT AND DRY PATTERN SETTING UP AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE LONG TERM. WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BE ALOFT ON TUES AS AN UPPER TROUGH EXTENDING FROM AN UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN CANADA...REMAINS OVER THE NORTHWEST U.S. SW FLOW WILL CONTINUE ALOFT TUES NIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS MOVES ACROSS WESTERN WY. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TUES NIGHT/WED MORNING. AFTER A HOT DAY ON TUES...TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER ON WED WITH NORTH WINDS AT THE SURFACE. TEMPERATURES WILL RECOVER QUICKLY AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO THE AREA ON THUR AND PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. THE FLOW WILL BECOME ZONAL WED NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SAT. THE SURFACE WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE DIURNAL CYCLE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH WEST WINDS TO THE WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHEAST WINDS EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE EACH DAY FROM THUR THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE FROM 5 TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FROM TUES THROUGH THURSDAY...AND 8 TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR FRI AND SAT. && FIRE WEATHER...BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE TODAY. RHS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE. FIRE DANGER REMAINS IN THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY ACROSS THE DISTRICT. HOWEVER...HOTTER AND DRIER WEATHER IS SLATED FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK WHICH WILL RESULT IN A NEED TO MONITOR CONDITIONS AS FUELS WILL LIKELY DRY OUT RAPIDLY. THIS IN TURN WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE AREA AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. && HYDROLOGY...THE PLATTE RIVER IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE AT HENRY. WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO TODAY. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...RE/CLAYCOMB LONG TERM...KMD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 7:45 AM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 745 AM MDT SUN JUL 11 2010 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-121115- 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- 745 AM MDT SUN JUL 11 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 ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE IN EASTERN WYOMING AND IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE...THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE BUT SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY OR TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE CLAYCOMB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 12:32 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jul 11, 12:43 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1243 PM MDT SUN JUL 11 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1235 PM HAIL CHEYENNE 41.15N 104.79W
07/11/2010 E0.75 INCH LARAMIE WY NWS EMPLOYEE
AT WEATHER OFFICE IN CHEYENNE.
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GCLAYCOMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 2:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Morrill | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 2010Every severe thunderstorm 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.