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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 5, 2021Albany County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT for Albany County, Wyoming. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 5, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2021, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Albany County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 278 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, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-300 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 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 Jul 5, 11:52 AM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 11:52 AM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:16 AM MDT, 9 hours 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
416 AM MDT Mon Jul 5 2021

WYZ101>119-061030-
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-
416 AM MDT Mon Jul 5 2021

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Showers and thunderstorms will develop around noon today, and then
increase in coverage and intensity for the rest of the afternoon
and through the evening hours. There is a marginal risk for severe
thunderstorms, mainly along and east of the Interstate 25 corridor
where large hail and strong winds are possible. Several lines of
thunderstorms are expected this afternoon through tonight which
may result in an isolated flash flooding risk.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

Showers and thunderstorms will diminish by mid Tuesday afternoon
as a drier airmass moves into the region. The probability for
hazardous weather is low for the rest of the week.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation may be required today.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-061030-
Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-
Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County-
Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County-
416 AM MDT Mon Jul 5 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle
Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Showers and thunderstorms will move east across western Nebraska
this evening and continue through most of tonight. There is a
marginal risk for severe thunderstorms, mainly the northern and
central panhandle where large hail and strong winds are possible.
Several lines of thunderstorms are expected through tonight which
may result in an isolated flash flooding risk.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

Showers and thunderstorms will diminish by mid Tuesday afternoon
as a drier airmass moves into the region. The probability for
hazardous weather is low for the rest of the week.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation may be required today.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:00 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
200 PM MDT Mon Jul 5 2021

WYZ110-114-115-052030-
North Snowy Range Foothills WY-Laramie Valley WY-Snowy Range WY-
200 PM MDT Mon Jul 5 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALBANY COUNTY UNTIL
230 PM MDT...

At 159 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Centennial, or 24 miles west of Laramie, moving east at 5 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Centennial.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4124 10613 4137 10610 4138 10590 4120 10594
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 283DEG 6KT 4130 10606

Brothers

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 2:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse44 min
Jul 5, 2:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSAlbany, Converse, Platte118 min
Jul 5, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany31 min
Jul 5, 2:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara44 min
Jul 5, 3:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte30 min
Jul 5, 3:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte34 min
Jul 5, 3:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Laramie, Platte39 min
Jul 5, 3:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte39 min
Jul 5, 3:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSAlbany, Laramie2 hr
Jul 5, 4:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte26 min
Jul 5, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCarbon38 min
Jul 5, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSGoshen24 min
Jul 5, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany47 min
Jul 5, 4:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSScotts Bluff34 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.