Alert archive / Wyoming / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2018, 5:00 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 19 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 27, 2018, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2018, 5:19 PM MDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 12:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 4365 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
787
WFUS55 KCYS 272300
TORCYS
WYC021-272330-
/O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0010.180527T2300Z-180527T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
500 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2018
The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Laramie County in southeastern Wyoming...
* Until 530 PM MDT
* At 459 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Whitaker, or 23 miles north of Cheyenne, moving
northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball 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
north central Laramie County.
This includes Interstate 25 in Wyoming between mile markers 31 and
41.
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.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Cheyenne.
&&
LAT...LON 4141 10485 4145 10495 4165 10483 4165 10467
4156 10466 4152 10456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 209DEG 30KT 4148 10485
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
Claycomb1 follow-up statement
945
WWUS55 KCYS 272319
SVSCYS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
519 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2018
WYC021-272329-
/O.CAN.KCYS.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-180527T2330Z/
Laramie WY-
519 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
southeastern Wyoming.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Cheyenne.
LAT...LON 4141 10485 4145 10495 4165 10483 4165 10467
4156 10466 4152 10456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 209DEG 30KT 4163 10474
$$
ClaycombThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | 42 min | |
| May 26, 7:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Carbon | 38 min |
| May 26, 9:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 40 min |
| May 27, 2:58 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | CYS | Albany, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara, Platte | 21 hr |
| May 27, 12:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany | 23 min |
| May 27, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 31 min |
| May 27, 2:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 32 min |
| May 27, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany | 30 min |
| May 27, 3:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 8 min |
| May 27, 3:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | 42 min | |
| May 27, 3:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 24 min |
| May 27, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Converse, Platte | 47 min |
| May 27, 3:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 42 min |
| May 27, 3:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | 49 min | |
| May 27, 3:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 48 min |
| May 27, 3:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Albany, Converse, Platte | 40 min |
| May 27, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 52 min |
| May 27, 4:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen, Laramie, Platte | 45 min |
| May 27, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 43 min |
| May 27, 4:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Albany, Converse, Platte | 20 min |
| May 27, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Converse | 29 min |
| May 27, 4:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | Albany, Converse, Platte | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 3 hr |
| May 27, 5:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 48 min |
| May 27, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 47 min |
| May 27, 5:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.