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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 11, 2010Laramie County, Wyoming; Banner County, Kimball County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2010, 6:12 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming; Banner County, Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2010, 6:54 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Banner County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 11, 1:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 289 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2010-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1235 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2010-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1235 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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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 Jul 11, 3:36 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 3:36 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 7:45 AM MDT, 10 hours 27 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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen13 min
Jul 11, 8:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSGoshen107 min
Jul 12, 2:34 PM MDTFire Weather WatchCYS17 hr
Jul 11, 9:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSDawes3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2010Severe 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.