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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 6, 2021Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2021, 3:24 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 6, 2021, 3:24 PM MDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-06-06Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 6, 2:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 4:59 AM MDT, 10 hours 25 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
459 AM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

WYZ101>119-071100-
Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County-
North Laramie Range-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-
Shirley Basin-Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-
East Platte County-Goshen 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-
Central Laramie County-East Laramie County-
459 AM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for east central Wyoming and
southeast Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Isolated thunderstorms are forecast late this afternoon into this
evening. Frequent lightning and brief gusty winds may accompany
these storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

Widely scattered thunderstorms are possible Monday and Tuesday
afternoon. The potential for severe weather is increasing Tuesday
afternoon, mainly east of the Interstate 25 corridor.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-071100-
Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-
Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County-
Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County-
459 AM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle
Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A few thunderstorms are forecast to develop this evening across
western Nebraska. Frequent lightning and brief gusty winds may
accompany these storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

Widely scattered thunderstorms are possible Monday and Tuesday
afternoon. The potential for severe weather is increasing Tuesday
afternoon, especially across the northern Nebraska Panhandle.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:24 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
324 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

WYZ118-062200-
Central Laramie County-
324 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY...

At 324 PM MDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Cheyenne, moving northeast at 10 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central
Laramie County.

This includes Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 370 and
374.

LAT...LON 4110 10464 4111 10466 4113 10468 4118 10465
      4118 10458 4116 10457 4111 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 205DEG 7KT 4113 10464

Mokry

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Niobrara, Platte28 min
Jun 5, 7:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Niobrara22 min
Jun 6, 5:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie39 min
Jun 6, 5:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie, Platte43 min
Jun 6, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSKimball43 min

Nearby

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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.