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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2020, 5:13 PM MDT for Niobrara County, Wyoming. It was in force for 47 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
- Jul 20, 2020, 5:13 PM MDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2020, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
County Niobrara County, WY
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1354 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 20, 2:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 2:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 127 PM MDT Mon Jul 20 2020 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101-102-107-108-118-119- 211930- Dawes-Box Butte-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-Morrill- Kimball County-Cheyenne-North Sioux-South Sioux- Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County- East Platte County-Goshen County-Central Laramie County- East Laramie County- 127 PM MDT Mon Jul 20 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle Nebraska...western Nebraska...east central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT Isolated to scattered strong to severe thunderstorms possible. Damaging winds and large hail main threats in strongest storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY Recurring chances for afternoon and evening strong to severe thunderstorms this week. Damaging winds and large hail possible threats in strongest storms. .Spotter information statement... Spotters are encouraged to report any hail and thunderstorm wind damage to the Cheyenne, Wyoming National Weather Service. WYZ103>106-109>117-211930- 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- 127 PM MDT Mon Jul 20 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY Non-severe thunderstorms possible this week. Frequent lightning, gusty winds, and small hail possible. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 3:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Converse, Niobrara | 58 min |
| Jul 19, 6:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Converse, Niobrara | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Converse, Niobrara | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 7:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Niobrara | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 7:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Niobrara | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 8:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen | 42 min |
| Jul 19, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Niobrara | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 8:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen, Niobrara | 17 min |
| Jul 19, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Niobrara | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen | 51 min |
| Jul 20, 12:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 12:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 1:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Niobrara | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 2:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Niobrara | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 2:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse, Niobrara | 52 min |
| Jul 20, 3:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 4:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Converse | 18 min |
| Jul 20, 5:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 5:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Niobrara | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 5:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 44 min |
| Jul 20, 5:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 6:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes, Sioux | 58 min |
| Jul 19, 8:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 8:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 9:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 9:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Sioux | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 4:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Sioux | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 4:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Sioux | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 5:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte | 51 min |
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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.