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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2016, 7:09 PM MDT for Albany County, Wyoming. It was in force for 51 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 17, 2016, 7:09 PM MDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2016, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
County Albany County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 17, 6:21 PM MDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 6:21 PM MDT, 48 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1050 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2016 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119- 181700- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- 1050 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF PANHANDLE NEBRASKA...EAST CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. AN ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NECESSARY. HOWEVER...ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED. WYZ104-105-109>115-181700- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE- UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY- 1050 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STRONGER STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 709 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2016 WYZ103-106-115-116-180200- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE WY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE WY- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY WY- LARAMIE VALLEY WY- 709 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PLATTE...EAST CENTRAL ALBANY AND NORTHWESTERN LARAMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 709 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHEATLAND RESERVOIR 3...OR 33 MILES NORTH OF LARAMIE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN PLATTE...EAST CENTRAL ALBANY AND NORTHWESTERN LARAMIE COUNTIES. 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. 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 4169 10561 4187 10562 4197 10520 4163 10516 TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 266DEG 11KT 4179 10554 TJT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 7:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Niobrara | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 8:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 12:55 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 1:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Platte | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 1:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Platte | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 2:26 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | Dawes, Sioux | 13 hr |
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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.