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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 5, 2012Converse County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at May 5, 2012, 1:56 PM MDT for Converse County, Wyoming. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2012, 1:56 PM MDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2012, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Converse County, WY

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 5, 12:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 12:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 10:58 AM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1058 AM MDT SAT MAY 5 2012

WYZ103>106-109>118-061700-
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE 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-
1058 AM MDT SAT MAY 5 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...
SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE LARAMIE
RANGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.
WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 MPH IN AND AROUND THESE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101-102-107-108-119-061700-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-
NIOBRARA COUNTY-EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-
EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
1058 AM MDT SAT MAY 5 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FAR
SOUTHEAST WYOMING PLAINS AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY
BECOME STRONG PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 1:34 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
134 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2012

WYZ101-052000-
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS WY-
134 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CONVERSE COUNTY UNTIL 200
PM MDT...

AT 131 PM MDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN CONVERSE COUNTY.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4339 10564 4301 10554 4294 10608 4294 10609
      4312 10609
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 243DEG 29KT 4302 10610

HAHN
Special weather statement, May 5, 1:56 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
156 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2012

WYZ101-052045-
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS WY-
156 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CONVERSE COUNTY UNTIL
245 PM MDT...

AT 152 PM MDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14
MILES NORTH OF ROLLING HILLS ESTATES...OR 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF
EVANSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT PASSED
NORTHEAST OF CASPER.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BILL...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4347 10514 4305 10495 4296 10590 4313 10598
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 249DEG 36KT 4311 10575

HAHN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 1:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse26 min
May 5, 2:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie50 min
May 5, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Laramie39 min
May 5, 3:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara37 min
May 5, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Laramie41 min
May 5, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSGoshen62 min
May 5, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie41 min
May 5, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie47 min
May 5, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie41 min
May 5, 2:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBanner42 min
May 5, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball39 min
May 5, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner33 min
May 5, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner, Cheyenne, Kimball43 min
May 5, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner, Kimball55 min
May 5, 5:37 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSKimball38 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wyoming, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.