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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 30, 2015Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2015, 8:13 PM MDT for Laramie 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 30, 2015, 8:13 PM MDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2015, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Laramie County, WY

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 231 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3246 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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 30, 5:42 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 5:42 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:36 AM MDT, 16 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
336 AM MDT TUE JUN 30 2015

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-010945-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-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-
336 AM MDT TUE JUN 30 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEBRASKA...EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND
SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE PASSAGE
OF A COOL FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LINGER INTO THE LATE EVENING BEFORE ENDING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
MAY BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AN ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO PRODUCING ONE INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 58 MPH IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE PLAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:31 PM MDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
431 PM MDT TUE JUN 30 2015

WYZ105-106-110-114-115-302315-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY WY-
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS WY-SHIRLEY BASIN WY-SNOWY RANGE WY-
LARAMIE VALLEY WY-
431 PM MDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ALBANY AND EAST CENTRAL
CARBON COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM MDT...

AT 430 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF MEDICINE
BOW TO NEAR ARLINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCK RIVER...BOSLER AND ARLINGTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND
302.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THESE STORMS 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4178 10545 4125 10582 4156 10636 4197 10607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 301DEG 29KT 4189 10606 4160 10626

MAZUR
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:13 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 6:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie25 min
Jun 30, 6:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany27 min
Jun 30, 8:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte23 min
Jun 30, 8:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie35 min
Jun 30, 8:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie36 min
Jun 30, 9:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie33 min
Jul 1, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie27 min
Jul 1, 3:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte35 min
Jul 1, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte32 min
Jul 1, 4:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie41 min
Jul 1, 4:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie41 min
Jul 1, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCarbon45 min
Jul 1, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte43 min
Jun 30, 10:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCheyenne46 min

Nearby

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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.