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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2014, 2:00 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 30 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 25, 2014, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2014, 2:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 687 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1225 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
519
WFUS55 KCYS 252000
TORCYS
WYC021-252030-
/O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0012.140625T2000Z-140625T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
200 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LARAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...
* UNTIL 230 PM MDT
* AT 157 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRYSTAL LAKE RESERVOIR...
AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WARREN AF BASE AND FRONTIER PARK AROUND 230 PM MDT.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHEYENNE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 338 AND 365.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 3 AND 9.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4131 10471 4102 10474 4110 10527 4130 10527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 276DEG 19KT 4119 10510
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HAMMER2 follow-up statements
632
WWUS55 KCYS 252014
SVSCYS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
214 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014
WYC021-252030-
/O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140625T2030Z/
LARAMIE WY-
214 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN LARAMIE
COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM MDT...
AT 210 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CRYSTAL LAKE RESERVOIR...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WHICH PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAS DISSIPATED...BUT MAY REDEVELOP AT ANY TIME.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
LARAMIE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4127 10524 4122 10472 4102 10474 4110 10527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 277DEG 14KT 4117 10513
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
HAMMER468 WWUS55 KCYS 252024 SVSCYS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 224 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014 WYC021-252035- /O.EXP.KCYS.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140625T2030Z/ LARAMIE WY- 224 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LARAMIE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 4127 10524 4122 10472 4102 10474 4110 10527 TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 277DEG 14KT 4116 10507 $$ HAMMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 6:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | 47 min | |
| Jun 24, 7:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | 40 min | |
| Jun 24, 7:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 8:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | 47 min | |
| Jun 24, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 9:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 10:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 10:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 10:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 10:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 11:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | Goshen, Laramie, Platte | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:40 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 1:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 2:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie, Platte | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Goshen | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 3:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 4:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | 43 min | |
| Jun 25, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Niobrara | 51 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.