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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 6, 2012Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2012, 11:25 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2012, 11:25 PM MDT (05:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2012, 1:38 AM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 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 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 859 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
859 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

606 
WGUS55 KCYS 070525
FFWCYS
WYC021-070830-
/O.NEW.KCYS.FF.W.0007.120607T0525Z-120607T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1125 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...
 
  THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF CHEYENNE.

* UNTIL 230 AM MDT

* AT 1121 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO TWO INCHES WILL FALL OVER 
  EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY THROUGH 130 AM. THIS RAINFALL IS ADDITION
  TO THE DOPLER ESTIMATED 2 TO 5 INCHES THAT FELL OVER ALL BU FAR 
  EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING.  

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ALBIN...BURNS...GUN BARREL...HILLSDALE AND MERIDEN REST AREA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 374 AND
401.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4153 10407 4104 10408 4103 10457 4155 10465

$$

MSW
1 follow-up statement
206 
WGUS75 KCYS 070738
FFSCYS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
138 AM MDT THU JUN 7 2012

WYC021-070753-
/O.CAN.KCYS.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120607T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LARAMIE WY-
138 AM MDT THU JUN 7 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LARAMIE
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 4153 10407 4104 10408 4103 10457 4155 10465

$$

JAMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 6:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany44 min
Jun 6, 6:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie58 min
Jun 6, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte56 min
Jun 6, 6:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie54 min
Jun 6, 7:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSGoshen57 min
Jun 6, 7:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie53 min
Jun 6, 8:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie67 min
Jun 6, 8:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSGoshen51 min
Jun 6, 10:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie60 min
Jun 6, 10:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSGoshen, Laramie3 hr
Jun 7, 9:45 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie90 min
Jun 7, 11:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany53 min
Jun 7, 12:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchCYSGoshen, Laramie9 hr
Jun 7, 12:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse64 min
Jun 7, 12:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara47 min
Jun 7, 2:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Converse, Platte65 min
Jun 7, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse46 min
Jun 7, 2:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie56 min
Jun 7, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Platte54 min
Jun 7, 2:54 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSPlatte51 min
Jun 7, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie55 min
Jun 7, 3:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie38 min
Jun 7, 3:44 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSGoshen, Platte46 min
Jun 7, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie47 min
Jun 7, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie45 min
Jun 7, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Laramie45 min
Jun 7, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie38 min
Jun 7, 4:29 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSLaramie46 min
Jun 7, 4:29 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSGoshen, Platte31 min
Jun 7, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Laramie, Platte53 min
Jun 7, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie61 min
Jun 7, 5:16 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSLaramie44 min
Jun 7, 5:23 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSLaramie2 hr
Jun 7, 5:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSLaramie, Platte2 hr
Jun 7, 5:52 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSLaramie38 min
Jun 7, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie63 min

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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.