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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 15, 2016Platte County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2016, 2:16 PM MDT for Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 44 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: Aug 15, 2016, 2:16 PM MDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2016, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Aug 14, 5:51 PM MDT, 20 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 5:51 PM MDT, 20 hours 25 minutes before

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<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 3:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	29 min
Aug 15, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	45 min
Aug 15, 3:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	27 min
Aug 15, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	43 min
Aug 15, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	34 min
Aug 15, 4:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Goshen	30 min
Aug 15, 5:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	44 min
Aug 15, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Converse	38 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wyoming, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.