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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 15, 2014Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2014, 9:51 PM MDT for Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2014, 9:51 PM MDT (03:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2014, 10:30 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 15, 8:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 317 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 00:00Z on 2014-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 336 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
336 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 15, 8:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 8:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 11:27 AM MDT, 10 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1127 AM MDT TUE JUL 15 2014

WYZ101>119-161115-
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-
1127 AM MDT TUE JUL 15 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY THE MIDDLE OF
THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY THIS EVENING AS THEY
MOVE INTO THE HIGH PLAINS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY  BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING WINDS THE
MAIN THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH A RISK FOR FLASH
FLOODING THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE SOME DRIER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE
REGION BY LATE THIS WEEK. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE
SIGNIFICANTLY FOR FRIDAY AND THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

&&

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

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-161115-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
1127 AM MDT TUE JUL 15 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE BY THIS
EVENING...WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED
TONIGHT WITH A RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE SOME DRIER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE
REGION BY LATE THIS WEEK. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE
SIGNIFICANTLY FOR FRIDAY AND THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING.

&&

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

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 6:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany40 min
Jul 15, 6:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse45 min
Jul 15, 6:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse39 min
Jul 15, 7:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany52 min
Jul 15, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYS43 min
Jul 15, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse45 min
Jul 15, 8:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSConverse4 hr
Jul 15, 8:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse46 min
Jul 15, 8:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse38 min
Jul 15, 8:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany46 min
Jul 15, 9:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCarbon42 min
Jul 15, 9:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Converse, Platte38 min
Jul 15, 9:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse45 min
Jul 15, 9:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie47 min
Jul 15, 9:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte43 min
Jul 15, 9:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYS49 min
Jul 15, 11:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany28 min
Jul 16, 1:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie46 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.