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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2017, 4:41 PM MDT for Goshen County, Wyoming. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2017, 4:41 PM MDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2017, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 4.0 in
County Goshen County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:57 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 Nne Lingle, WY | |
| Jun 12, 5:21 PM MDT | TORNADO | 11 E Hwy 85 At Dry Rawh, WY | *** 1 INJ *** 5500 BLOCK OF COUNTY RD 108. HOUSE DAMAGED. SHEDS MISSING. TRACTORS OVERTURNED. ONE PERSONAL INJURY. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 12, 1:11 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 2300 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
795
WFUS55 KCYS 122241
TORCYS
WYC015-122315-
/O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0010.170612T2241Z-170612T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
441 PM MDT MON JUN 12 2017
The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Goshen County in southeastern Wyoming...
* Until 515 PM MDT
* At 441 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fort Laramie, or 17 miles northwest of Torrington,
moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and softball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northern Goshen County, including the following locations: Hwy 85
At Dry Rawhide Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4215 10442 4230 10459 4251 10425 4230 10407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 232DEG 19KT 4226 10441
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...4.00IN
$$
Levin1 follow-up statement
316
WWUS55 KCYS 122301
SVSCYS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
501 PM MDT MON JUN 12 2017
WYC015-122315-
/O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-170612T2315Z/
Goshen WY-
501 PM MDT MON JUN 12 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GOSHEN COUNTY...
At 501 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles south of Jay Em, or 18 miles north of
Torrington, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and baseball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Hwy 85 At Dry Rawhide Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4225 10435 4236 10449 4251 10425 4230 10407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 232DEG 19KT 4233 10430
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
LevinThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 9:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Converse | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 3:50 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 23 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Platte | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 2:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Platte | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 2:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Platte | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 3:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 3:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Converse, Platte | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 3:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen, Platte | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Converse | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Converse, Platte | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 3:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen, Platte | 23 min |
| Jun 12, 4:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen, Platte | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 4:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 23 min |
| Jun 12, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 4:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 4:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 20 min |
| Jun 12, 4:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Converse, Platte | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 5:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Niobrara | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 5:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen, Laramie | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 5:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 5:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen, Niobrara | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Laramie | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 5:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen, Laramie | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.