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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2016, 4:47 PM MDT for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 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
- May 30, 2016, 4:47 PM MDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2016, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
County Scotts Bluff County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2218 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 May 30, 3:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 251 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2016 WYZ101>119-310900- 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- 251 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SOUTHEAST WYOMING STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. OUTDOOR RECREATIONISTS IN THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID WATER RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-310900- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- 251 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF PANHANDLE NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH DUE TO UPSTREAM RESERVOIR RELEASES. PRECIPITATION FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 30, 11:32 AM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1132 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2016 WYZ117-118-301815- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS WY-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY WY- 1132 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM MDT... AT 1132 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SOUTH GREELEY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHEYENNE...FRONTIER PARK...WARREN AF BASE...SOUTH GREELEY...WARREN AFB... RANCHETTES...FOX FARM-COLLEGE AND SOUTH GREELEY HIGH. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 25 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14. INTERSTATE 80 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 351 AND 374. 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. LAT...LON 4113 10503 4127 10462 4100 10453 4100 10498 TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 251DEG 23KT 4107 10493 COX
Special weather statement, May 30, 12:16 PM MDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1216 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2016 WYZ117>119-301900- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY WY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS WY- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY WY- 1216 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2016 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1216 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SOUTH GREELEY...OR NEAR CHEYENNE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHEYENNE...HILLSDALE...SOUTH GREELEY...SOUTH GREELEY HIGH AND FOX FARM-COLLEGE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 25 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 9. INTERSTATE 80 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 359 AND 380. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. 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. && LAT...LON 4111 10488 4127 10448 4100 10445 4100 10488 TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 251DEG 22KT 4108 10475 COX
Special weather statement, May 30, 1:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 11:32 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 43 min |
| May 30, 12:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 44 min |
| May 30, 12:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 10 min |
| May 30, 12:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 20 min |
| May 30, 1:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 38 min |
| May 29, 6:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Cheyenne | 45 min |
| May 29, 6:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 57 min |
| May 29, 7:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Cheyenne | 44 min |
| May 30, 11:06 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 4 days |
| May 30, 1:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Kimball | 51 min |
| May 30, 2:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 25 min |
| May 30, 2:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 32 min |
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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.