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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2020, 6:02 PM MDT for Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2020, 6:02 PM MDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2020, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
County Platte County, WY
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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 Aug 3, 5:20 PM MDT, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 5:20 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:08 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 519 PM MDT Mon Aug 3 2020 WYZ116-117-040000- South Laramie Range WY-South Laramie Range Foothills WY- 519 PM MDT Mon Aug 3 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALBANY AND NORTHWESTERN LARAMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM MDT... At 518 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Horse Creek, or 19 miles northeast of Laramie, moving east at 15 mph. Penny size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Horse Creek around 530 PM MDT. LAT...LON 4134 10545 4151 10542 4154 10498 4125 10501 TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 278DEG 13KT 4143 10523 Rubin
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:36 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 546 PM MDT Mon Aug 3 2020 WYZ117-118-040030- Central Laramie County WY-South Laramie Range Foothills WY- 546 PM MDT Mon Aug 3 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT... At 546 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Whitaker, or 21 miles northwest of Cheyenne, moving east at 30 mph. Penny size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Whitaker around 600 PM MDT. This includes Interstate 25 in Wyoming between mile markers 23 and 36. LAT...LON 4140 10506 4148 10505 4155 10455 4119 10458 TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 279DEG 26KT 4143 10498 Rubin
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 3, 6:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 6:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Niobrara | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 7:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Niobrara | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 2:31 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | CYS | 12 hr | |
| Aug 4, 2:31 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | CYS | 29 hr | |
| Aug 4, 3:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 3:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 8:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Kimball | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Dawes | 50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.