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Winter Storm Watch 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm watch at May 26, 2019, 1:50 PM MDT for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at May 27, 2019, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2019, 1:50 PM MDT (19:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2019, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2019, 2:49 AM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 329 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
- 1575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at May 26, 11:39 AM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 11:39 AM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 533 AM MDT Sun May 26 2019 WYZ103>106-109>117-271145- North Laramie Range-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains- Shirley Basin-Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County- Central Carbon County-North Snowy Range Foothills- Southwest Carbon County-Sierra Madre Range- Upper North Platte River Basin-Snowy Range-Laramie Valley- South Laramie Range-South Laramie Range Foothills- 533 AM MDT Sun May 26 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A few strong thunderstorms may develop this afternoon and evening. The possibility for severe thunderstorms exists mainly along and east of Interstate 25. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY Heavy rain amounts are expected Monday and Tuesday, mainly along and east of the Laramie Range. Looking for additional heavy accumulating snow for the Snowy and Sierra Madre Ranges. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. NEZ002-095-WYZ101-102-107-271145- Dawes-North Sioux-Converse County Lower Elevations- Niobrara County-East Platte County- 533 AM MDT Sun May 26 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of western Nebraska...east central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening with isolated severe thunderstorms. Main threats from the severe thunderstorms will be damaging winds and large hail. A Flood Advisory continues until 900 PM Monday for the White River in north central Dawes County in the northern Nebraska Panhandle. A Flood Watch is in effect from Sunday night through Tuesday afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms will develop, with some storms possibly producing locally heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY The Flood Watch continues into Tuesday as heavy rainfall continues to impact the area. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. NEZ003-019>021-054-055-096-WYZ108-118-119-271145- Box Butte-Scotts Bluff-Banner-Morrill-Kimball-Cheyenne- South Sioux-Goshen County-Central Laramie County- East Laramie County- 533 AM MDT Sun May 26 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of western Nebraska and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening through around midnight. Threats include large hail, damaging winds, heavy rainfall and a few tornadoes. The main threat will be along and south of a Cheyenne-Scottsbluff-Alliance line. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are expected Monday, with the threat of heavy rain continuing into Tuesday. Monday's severe thunderstorms will carry the threat of damaging winds, large hail and heavy rainfall. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation may be needed along and south of a Cheyenne- Scottsbluff-Alliance line after 3 PM today through midnight.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 8:44 AM MDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 136 PM MDT Sun May 26 2019 WYZ103-106-107-262015- East Platte County WY- Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County WY- North Laramie Range WY- 136 PM MDT Sun May 26 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ALBANY... NORTHWESTERN PLATTE AND SOUTHERN CONVERSE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM MDT... At 135 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles west of Westview Circle, or 14 miles west of Wheatland, moving north at 25 mph. Penny size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Harris Park around 215 PM MDT. LAT...LON 4197 10520 4197 10531 4243 10548 4243 10506 TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 179DEG 21KT 4208 10524 Rubin
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:12 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 48 min |
| May 26, 12:53 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 37 min |
| May 26, 1:52 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 38 min |
| May 26, 2:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 44 min |
| May 26, 2:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 47 min |
| May 26, 1:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 41 min |
| May 26, 1:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 39 min |
| May 26, 1:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | CYS | Goshen, Laramie, Platte | 52 hr |
| May 26, 2:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 38 min |
| May 26, 2:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 48 min |
| May 26, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Niobrara | 46 min |
| May 26, 2:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 50 min |
| May 26, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Platte | 38 min |
| May 26, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Platte | 64 min |
| May 26, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 48 min |
| May 26, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Platte | 27 min |
| May 26, 4:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | Platte | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | Platte | 5 hr |
| May 26, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Platte | 48 min |
| May 26, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 33 min |
| May 26, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Platte | 45 min |
| May 26, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Platte | 46 min |
| May 26, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Platte | 41 min |
| May 26, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 34 min |
| May 26, 1:10 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Kimball | 50 min |
| May 26, 3:25 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Kimball | 50 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.