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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2020, 8:12 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 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 21, 2020, 8:12 PM MDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2020, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cheyenne County, NE, Morrill County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 1:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 21, 5:27 PM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 5:27 PM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 527 PM MDT Tue Jul 21 2020 .SHORT TERM...(Late this afternoon through Thursday) Issued at 315 PM MDT Tue Jul 21 2020 Latest VIS satellite imagery showed towering CU along the Laramie Range, with isolated thunderstorms indicated by KCYS radar. Convection is forming along the MUCAPE axis of 2000-2500 j/kg per SPC mesoanalysis and stalled surface boundary. Anticipate convection increasing in coverage and intensity through late afternoon, with storm motion to the ESE. Could be a few right-moving supercells per model hodographs. 19Z HRRR continues convective trends with scattered strong to severe convection affecting the I-25 corridor and high plains of southeast WY and much of the western NE Panhandle through mid-evening. 0-6km shear is 25-35 kt, with primary hazards large hail up to 2 inches and damaging wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph. Convection will diminish late this evening across western NE. Upper ridge will be centered over the south-central Plains Wednesday and Thursday. Surface boundary will begin a slow motion to the east, with drier air aloft spreading to the east into the high plains. Anticyclonic circulation around the upper high will advect subtropical/monsoonal moisture into the CWA. Scattered convection will develop during the afternoon and linger into the evening. Best instability and shear will be located east of the CWA, with a limited severe threat for the southeast NE Panhandle. A similar convective pattern is expected Thursday with a limited severe threat for the northeast NE Panhandle. Above normal temperatures will prevail with daytime highs in the 80s and 90s and nighttime lows in the 50s and 60s. .LONG TERM...(Thursday Night through Monday) Issued at 406 AM MDT Tue Jul 21 2020 Upper level ridge axis begins to shift slightly to the east over the central CONUS by Thursday evening. On the heels of the departing ridge axis from the CWA is a shortwave trough that will slowly propagate south and east through Friday. The associated cold front looks to stay north of the area however, thus daytime highs should still be very warm for this time of year for Friday. As the shortwave trough stays further to the north of our forecast region as it propagates eastward for Friday into the weekend, the monsoon moisture will begin to slowly make its way northward over the intermountain west. Medium range guidance for Friday through the weekend show a subtropical high advecting the moisture northward thanks to the clockwise airflow over Mexico. Model disagreements are still present however on the timing of the moisture advecting into the area. The Euro and Canadian model guidance show several impulses of moisture by Sunday and Sunday night making its way over the CWA, but the GFS has a slower solution that is also noted to be slightly eastward of the CWA leaving the region with less moisture overall. Weak upper level ridging to potential zonal flow for Tuesday shows the area warming back up slightly. If the long term models agree on a solution with the upper level ridging, we could be looking at near record highs to close out the end of the month of July. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Wednesday evening) Issued at 521 PM MDT Tue Jul 21 2020 Wyoming TAFS...VFR, with occasional thunderstorms producing MVFR and wind gusts to 45 knots at Laramie and Cheyenne until 02Z. Wind gusts to 23 knots at all terminals after 15Z Wednesday. Nebraska TAFS...VFR at Chadron and Alliance, with occasional thunderstorms producing MVFR and wind gusts to 35 knots from 01Z to 03Z. Wind gusts to 27 knots after 15Z Wednesday. VFR at Scottsbluff until 06Z, with occasional thunderstorms producing MVFR and wind gusts to 45 knots from 01Z to 03Z, then MVFR from 06Z to 15Z, then VFR. Wind gusts to 24 knots after 15Z Wednesday. VFR at Sidney, with occasional thunderstorms producing MVFR and wind gusts to 45 knots from 01Z to 03Z. Wind gusts to 25 knots after 15Z Wednesday. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 225 PM MDT Tue Jul 21 2020 Scattered thunderstorms will develop along the Front Range this afternoon and move east onto the plains through this evening. A stalled frontal boundary will shift slowly east of the Front Range Wednesday, and into the plains Thursday. Drier air west of the Laramie Range will spread into southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska later this week. Isolated to scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms will continue this weekend and early next week. Winds will be light, except near thunderstorms. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...None. NE...None. && SHORT TERM...MAJ LONG TERM...BMW AVIATION...RUBIN FIRE WEATHER...MAJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 6:49 AM MDT, 13 hours 23 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 649 AM MDT Tue Jul 21 2020 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119- 221300- Dawes-Box Butte-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-Morrill- Kimball County-Cheyenne-North Sioux-South Sioux- Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County- North Laramie Range- Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County- East Platte County-Goshen County-South Laramie Range- South Laramie Range Foothills-Central Laramie County- East Laramie County- 649 AM MDT Tue Jul 21 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle Nebraska...western Nebraska...east central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop along the Laramie Range by 2 PM this afternoon, and move east through the remainder of the day. A few severe storms are likely, with hail up to golf ball size the primary hazard. While unlikely, an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY Daily chances for strong to severe thunderstorms will exist through at least Thursday. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation may be required this afternoon. WYZ104-105-109>115-221300- Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-Shirley Basin- Central Carbon County-North Snowy Range Foothills- Southwest Carbon County-Sierra Madre Range- Upper North Platte River Basin-Snowy Range-Laramie Valley- 649 AM MDT Tue Jul 21 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 7:42 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 742 PM MDT Tue Jul 21 2020 WYZ116-117-220230- South Laramie Range WY-South Laramie Range Foothills WY- 742 PM MDT Tue Jul 21 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT... At 742 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Horse Creek, or 22 miles east of Laramie, moving southeast at 20 mph. Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Horse Creek. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for southeastern Wyoming. LAT...LON 4139 10528 4150 10521 4138 10494 4126 10503 TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 304DEG 17KT 4141 10517 Emanuel
Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:51 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 6:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Niobrara | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 6:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Laramie, Platte | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 6:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 7:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 53 min |
| Jul 21, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 80 min |
| Jul 21, 7:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 8:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 8:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 6:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Cheyenne | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 7:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Kimball | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 7:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Cheyenne | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 7:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Cheyenne | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 8:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Cheyenne | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 8:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Cheyenne | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 12:19 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Cheyenne | 26 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.