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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 3, 2019Platte County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2019, 2:04 PM MDT for Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2019, 2:04 PM MDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2019, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 1:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 274 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2019-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2019-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 3, 11:57 AM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 11:57 AM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:36 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:49 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
149 PM MDT Wed Jul 3 2019

WYZ106-107-032030-
East Platte County WY-
Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County WY-
149 PM MDT Wed Jul 3 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ALBANY AND SOUTHERN
PLATTE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM MDT...

At 149 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles west of Bordeaux, or 15 miles southwest of Wheatland, moving
east at 15 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Wheatland, Chugcreek, Lakeview North, Bordeaux, Y-O Ranch, Slater and
Westview Circle.

This includes Interstate 25 in Wyoming between mile markers 64 and
83.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Wyoming.

LAT...LON 4180 10524 4187 10532 4213 10495 4186 10475
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 248DEG 14KT 4189 10516

Allen

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 6:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse37 min
Jul 2, 6:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie34 min
Jul 2, 6:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSGoshen36 min
Jul 2, 6:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen42 min
Jul 2, 6:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSGoshen3 hr
Jul 2, 6:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse36 min
Jul 2, 7:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSGoshen32 min
Jul 2, 9:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSGoshen3 hr
Jul 3, 1:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte39 min
Jul 3, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte41 min
Jul 3, 2:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse49 min
Jul 3, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSPlatte44 min
Jul 3, 3:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Platte67 min
Jul 3, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara43 min
Jul 3, 4:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSNiobrara20 min
Jul 3, 4:28 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedCYSNiobrara32 min
Jul 3, 4:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSGoshen57 min
Jul 3, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen21 min
Jul 2, 7:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBanner31 min
Jul 3, 5:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSScotts Bluff50 min
Jul 3, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSDawes47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.