Alert archive / Wyoming / Special Weather Statements in 2021

Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 13, 2021Albany County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2021, 2:44 PM MDT for Albany County, Wyoming. It was in force for 31 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 13, 2021, 2:44 PM MDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2021, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Albany County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 255 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 2021-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 827 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2021-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-387 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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 13, 2:41 PM MDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:41 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 4:25 AM MDT, 10 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
425 AM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

WYZ104-105-109>115-141030-
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-
425 AM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Wyoming and southeast Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Very warm temperatures and dry conditions will maintain elevated
fire weather concerns.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

Very warm temperatures and dry conditions will maintain elevated
fire weather concerns.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119-
141030-
Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-
Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County-
Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County-
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-
425 AM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle
Nebraska...east central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Chances of showers and strong to briefly severe thunderstorm
Sunday afternoon through late Sunday night.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:49 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
149 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

WYZ116-117-132030-
South Laramie Range WY-South Laramie Range Foothills WY-
149 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY UNTIL
230 PM MDT...

At 148 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Horse Creek, or 23 miles east of Laramie, moving northeast at 10 mph.

Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

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

LAT...LON 4134 10526 4141 10527 4154 10509 4138 10496
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 236DEG 9KT 4141 10516

Rubin
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:44 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
244 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

WYZ106-116-117-132115-
South Laramie Range WY-
Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County WY-
South Laramie Range Foothills WY-
244 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL ALBANY...
NORTHWESTERN LARAMIE AND SOUTHWESTERN PLATTE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM
MDT...

At 244 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Iron Mountain, or 28 miles northeast of Laramie, moving north at 20
mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Iron Mountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 4151 10507 4152 10530 4184 10534 4182 10498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 183DEG 17KT 4160 10518

Hammer

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie41 min
Jun 13, 3:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany33 min
Jun 13, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte29 min
Jun 13, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSGoshen33 min
Jun 13, 4:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSGoshen29 min
Jun 13, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen32 min
Jun 13, 4:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie47 min
Jun 13, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen47 min
Jun 13, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie44 min
Jun 13, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie41 min
Jun 13, 5:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSDawes44 min
Jun 13, 5:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Dawes, Sioux55 min
Jun 13, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSScotts Bluff, Sioux47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wyoming, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021

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.