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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 22, 2014Albany County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2014, 3:13 PM MDT for Albany County, Wyoming. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 22, 2014, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2014, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Albany County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 274 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 2014-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2014-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-316 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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 Jun 22, 11:53 AM MDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 11:53 AM MDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 10:54 AM MDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1054 AM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014

WYZ101>119-231115-
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-
1054 AM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TODAY AS A FRONT
PUSHES SOUTH INTO COLORADO. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...MAINLY ACROSS
LARAMIE COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
THE PROBABILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE SMALL AT
THIS TIME AND MAINLY ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.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>021-054-055-095-096-231115-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
1054 AM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TODAY AS A FRONT
PUSHES SOUTH INTO COLORADO. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...MAINLY OVR THE
SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY
EVENING AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.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

Local storm report, Jun 22, 2:31 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
231 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 PM     HAIL             LARAMIE                 41.31N 105.58W
06/22/2014  E0.25 INCH       ALBANY             WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LOTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL EAST OF LARAMIE.

&&

BCHAPMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:13 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
313 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014

WYZ106-115>117-222145-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY WY-LARAMIE VALLEY
WY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE WY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS WY-
313 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PLATTE...EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN LARAMIE AND EASTERN ALBANY COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT...

AT 310 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BALDY PEAK...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF LARAMIE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BALDY PEAK...

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 4185 10555 4169 10511 4142 10547 4149 10566
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 208DEG 23KT 4153 10552

MAZUR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 6:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara67 min
Jun 22, 4:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany28 min
Jun 22, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte25 min
Jun 22, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Converse, Platte53 min
Jun 22, 5:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse28 min
Jun 22, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse26 min
Jun 22, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse26 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wyoming, 2014Every special weather statement 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.