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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 4, 2012Albany County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2012, 8:43 PM MDT for Albany County, Wyoming. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 4, 2012, 8:43 PM MDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2012, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Albany County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

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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 Jul 4, 6:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 3:13 PM MDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 8:43 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 8:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany20 min
Jul 4, 9:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany37 min
Jul 5, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany31 min
Jul 5, 2:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYS25 min
Jul 5, 3:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse29 min
Jul 5, 3:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse28 min
Jul 5, 3:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse39 min
Jul 5, 3:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYS24 min
Jul 5, 3:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte42 min
Jul 5, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Converse50 min
Jul 5, 4:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse44 min
Jul 5, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Platte51 min
Jul 5, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Converse, Platte43 min
Jul 5, 5:02 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSAlbany5 hr
Jul 5, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte49 min
Jul 5, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse, Niobrara, Platte46 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.