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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 3, 2013Albany County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2013, 4:38 PM MDT for Albany County, Wyoming. It was in force for 67 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
Aug 3, 2013, 4:38 PM MDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2013, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Albany County, WY

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 265 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 2013-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 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 2013-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-295 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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

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NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 3, 3:47 PM MDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:47 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 3:47 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
347 PM MDT SAT AUG 3 2013

WYZ101>119-042100-
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-
347 PM MDT SAT AUG 3 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH THE EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM LATE THIS EVENING FOR LARAMIE...PLATTE AND GOSHEN
COUNTIES. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...AND
STRONG WINDS UP TO 70 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
BE POSSIBLE OUT OF SOME THUNDERSTORMS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE.

&&

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

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-042100-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
347 PM MDT SAT AUG 3 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE PLAINS AND INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH HAIL
LARGER THAN QUARTERS...DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN
THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
BE POSSIBLE OUT OF SOME THUNDERSTORMS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 3, 3:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:38 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
438 PM MDT SAT AUG 3 2013

WYZ106-115>118-032345-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY WY-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE
COUNTY WY-LARAMIE VALLEY WY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE WY-SOUTH LARAMIE
RANGE FOOTHILLS WY-
438 PM MDT SAT AUG 3 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PLATTE...
NORTHWESTERN LARAMIE AND EASTERN ALBANY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM MDT...

AT 437 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF IRON MOUNTAIN...OR 22 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LARAMIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  IRON MOUNTAIN...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND
38.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 4196 10526 4146 10482 4134 10565 4152 10563
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 215DEG 17KT 4155 10531

HAMMER/RUBIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 2:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie45 min
Aug 3, 2:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie46 min
Aug 3, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie43 min
Aug 3, 3:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie45 min
Aug 3, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany60 min
Aug 3, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Laramie, Platte48 min
Aug 3, 4:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYS55 min
Aug 3, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte38 min
Aug 3, 4:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSAlbany, Laramie3 hr
Aug 3, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Converse68 min
Aug 3, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte40 min
Aug 3, 5:22 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSAlbany, Converse3 hr

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Special Weather Statements in Wyoming, 2013Every special weather statement in 2013

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.