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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 7, 2012Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2012, 3:42 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 33 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 7, 2012, 3:42 PM MDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2012, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2012-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 7, 12:25 PM MDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 12:25 PM MDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 9:40 AM MDT, 6 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
940 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012

WYZ101>119-081030-
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-
940 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING...MAINLY FROM ALBANY COUNTY EASTWARD TO THE
NEBRASKA BORDER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP BY EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE BY THIS EVENING. VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. THE GREATEST RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING
WILL BE IN URBAN AREAS...AS WELL AS THOSE LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY
RECENT WILD FIRES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY...
RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING. SOME DRIER AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION BY THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK...LIMITING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO MAINLY THE
MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL OR FLASH FLOODING ARE ENCOURAGED.

&&

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

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-081030-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
940 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLASH FLOODING. SOME DRIER AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION BY
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...LIMITING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY TO MAINLY THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO AND WYOMING.

.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

WEILAND

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:42 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
342 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012

WYZ117-118-072215-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY WY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS WY-
342 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY UNTIL 415
PM MDT...

AT 338 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH CHEYENNE...OR 10 MILES
NORTH OF CHEYENNE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18 AND
25.

&&

LAT...LON 4139 10471 4121 10471 4125 10490 4135 10490
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 264DEG 3KT 4129 10485

MAZUR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie29 min
Jul 7, 4:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSAlbany4 hr
Jul 6, 11:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSKimball4 hr

Nearby

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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.