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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Cheyenne, WY

September 3, 2021Goshen County, Niobrara County, Platte County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2021, 5:31 PM MDT for Goshen County, Niobrara County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 26 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
Sep 3, 2021, 5:31 PM MDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2021, 5:57 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Goshen County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 2021-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

389 
WUUS55 KCYS 032331
SVRCYS
WYC015-027-031-040015-
/O.NEW.KCYS.SV.W.0139.210903T2331Z-210904T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
531 PM MDT Fri Sep 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Niobrara County in east central Wyoming...
  Northwestern Goshen County in southeastern Wyoming...
  Northeastern Platte County in southeastern Wyoming...

* Until 615 PM MDT.

* At 531 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
  Guernsey Campground, or 26 miles north of Wheatland, moving
  northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Rawhide Buttes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4235 10490 4243 10495 4271 10457 4258 10439
      4242 10438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 241DEG 31KT 4242 10483 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Charnick
2 follow-up statements
973 
WWUS55 KCYS 032346
SVSCYS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
546 PM MDT Fri Sep 3 2021

WYC015-027-031-040015-
/O.CON.KCYS.SV.W.0139.000000T0000Z-210904T0015Z/
Niobrara WY-Goshen WY-Platte WY-
546 PM MDT Fri Sep 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHERN NIOBRARA...NORTHWESTERN GOSHEN AND NORTHEASTERN PLATTE
COUNTIES...

At 546 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southwest
of Rawhide Buttes, or 22 miles southwest of Lusk, moving northeast at
35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Rawhide Buttes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4243 10477 4251 10484 4271 10457 4258 10439
      4245 10438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 241DEG 31KT 4248 10467 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Charnick
059 
WWUS55 KCYS 032357
SVSCYS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
557 PM MDT Fri Sep 3 2021

WYC015-027-031-040006-
/O.CAN.KCYS.SV.W.0139.000000T0000Z-210904T0015Z/
Niobrara WY-Goshen WY-Platte WY-
557 PM MDT Fri Sep 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN NIOBRARA...
NORTHWESTERN GOSHEN AND NORTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4243 10477 4251 10484 4271 10457 4258 10439
      4245 10438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 241DEG 31KT 4252 10456 

$$

Charnick

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 4:14 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara46 min
Sep 3, 1:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie37 min
Sep 3, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie25 min
Sep 3, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie43 min
Sep 3, 3:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie30 min
Sep 3, 3:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie37 min
Sep 3, 4:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie27 min
Sep 3, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie31 min
Sep 3, 5:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSLaramie12 min
Sep 3, 5:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSLaramie3 hr

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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.