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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 20, 2012Albany County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2012, 3:49 PM MDT for Albany County, Wyoming. It was in force for 56 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 20, 2012, 3:49 PM MDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2012, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Albany County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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 20, 1:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 1:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 10:35 AM MDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1035 AM MDT FRI JUL 20 2012

WYZ101>119-211115-
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-
1035 AM MDT FRI JUL 20 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE
SOUTHEAST WYOMING MOUNTAINS...WITH AN ISOLATED COVERAGE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  THE STORMS WILL DISSIPATE DURING
THE EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
MONSOONAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN ESPECIALLY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.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>021-054-055-095-096-211115-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
1035 AM MDT FRI JUL 20 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE PANHANDLE
TODAY...WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS
AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA.

.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, Jul 20, 3:49 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
349 PM MDT FRI JUL 20 2012

WYZ105-106-110-115-202245-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY WY-LARAMIE VALLEY
WY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS WY-SHIRLEY BASIN WY-
349 PM MDT FRI JUL 20 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY UNTIL 445
PM MDT...

AT 345 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF ROCK RIVER...OR 26 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LARAMIE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROCK RIVER AROUND 420 PM MDT.
CROSSING HIGHWAY 30 AROUND 400 PM MDT.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4188 10605 4173 10551 4151 10586 4154 10607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 202DEG 12KT 4159 10591

RUBIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 5:33 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryCYSDawes15 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.