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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 11, 2012Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2012, 3:59 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 61 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 11, 2012, 3:59 PM MDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2012, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 349 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, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2012-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2012-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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 11, 2:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 11:16 AM MDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1116 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2012

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-121730-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
1116 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG
AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE.

THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS WEEKEND BEGINNING
LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

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

WYZ101>119-121730-
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-
1116 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ESPECIALLY OVER
THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND POINTS EAST. THE MAIN THREAT WITH
THESE STORMS WILL BE DRY LIGHTNING WHICH MAY SPARK FIRES...PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL
GENERALLY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA MAY SEE AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
LARAMIE RANGE ON THURSDAY WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON
FRIDAY. THE BETTER CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS
WEEKEND ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STORMS
THIS WEEKEND WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
&&

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

COX

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:59 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYS46 min
Jul 11, 2:29 AM MDTRed Flag WarningCYS18 hr
Jul 11, 4:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie47 min
Jul 11, 4:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte44 min
Jul 11, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.