Alert archive / Wyoming / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2012, 5:57 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2012, 5:57 PM MDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2012, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 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), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:10 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Burns, WY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:46 AM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
708 WUUS55 KCYS 072357 SVRCYS WYC021-080100- /O.NEW.KCYS.SV.W.0039.120607T2357Z-120608T0100Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 557 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING... * UNTIL 700 PM MDT * AT 554 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUN BARREL...OR 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALBIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF THESE STORMS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER... INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A CLOSET...OR INTO A BASEMENT. && LAT...LON 4146 10407 4117 10426 4130 10451 4144 10444 TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 285DEG 5KT 4136 10442 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ HAMMER
1 follow-up statement
141 WWUS55 KCYS 080054 SVSCYS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 654 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012 WYC021-080104- /O.EXP.KCYS.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120608T0100Z/ LARAMIE WY- 654 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY IS BEING REISSUED... PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT. LAT...LON 4146 10407 4117 10426 4130 10451 4144 10444 TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 285DEG 5KT 4134 10432 $$ FINCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 6:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 6:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 7:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Goshen | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 7:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 8:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 67 min |
| Jun 6, 8:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Goshen | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 10:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 10:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | Goshen, Laramie | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:25 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | Laramie | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:45 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 90 min |
| Jun 7, 11:07 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 12:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | CYS | Goshen, Laramie | 9 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 12:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Niobrara | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Converse, Platte | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 2:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Converse | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Platte | 54 min |
| Jun 7, 2:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Platte | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 3:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 3:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen, Platte | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Laramie | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 4:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 4:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen, Platte | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Laramie, Platte | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 5:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 5:23 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | Laramie | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | Laramie, Platte | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.