Alert archive / Wyoming / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2021, 1:16 PM MDT for Albany County, Wyoming. It was in force for 44 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
- Jul 13, 2021, 1:16 PM MDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
County Albany County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 256 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 13, 12:16 PM MDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 12:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 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, Jul 13, 5:06 AM MDT, 8 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 506 AM MDT Tue Jul 13 2021 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ102-106>108-116>119-141115- Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County- Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County- Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County-Niobrara County- 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- 506 AM MDT Tue Jul 13 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle Nebraska...east central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon that will develop along the Laramie Range and spread east into the Nebraska Panhandle this evening. Golfball sized hail...damaging downburst winds in excess of 70 mph and localized heavy rainfall are the primary hazards. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY Severe thunderstorms are again possible Friday that could produce large hail and damaging downburst winds. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation may be needed along and east of the I-25 Corridor after 2PM today. Spotters may be needed after 5 PM in the Nebraska Panhandle through midnight tonight. WYZ101-103>105-109-110-113-141115- Converse County Lower Elevations-North Laramie Range- Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-Shirley Basin- Central Carbon County-North Snowy Range Foothills- Upper North Platte River Basin- 506 AM MDT Tue Jul 13 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon that will develop across Carbon County after 11 AM and spread east through the afternoon. High based thunderstorms will create little in the way of rain and the main hazard will be dry lightning and damaging downburst winds. Damaging downburst winds in excess of 60 mph will be the primary hazards with thee storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. WYZ111-112-114-115-141115- Southwest Carbon County-Sierra Madre Range-Snowy Range- Laramie Valley- 506 AM MDT Tue Jul 13 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon that will develop across Carbon County after 11 AM and spread east through the afternoon. High based thunderstorms will create little in the way of rain and the main hazard will be dry lightning and damaging downburst winds. A Red Flag Warning for Dry Lightning is in effect for parts of Carbon and Albany Counties from 11 AM through 6 PM today. Damaging downburst winds in excess of 60 mph and multiple fire starts from the dry lightning are the primary hazards with thee storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:16 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
116 PM MDT Tue Jul 13 2021
WYZ115-116-132000-
South Laramie Range WY-Laramie Valley WY-
116 PM MDT Tue Jul 13 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALBANY COUNTY UNTIL
200 PM MDT...
At 116 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lake Hattie Reservoir, or 12 miles west of Laramie, moving southeast
at 15 mph.
Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Laramie, Lake Hattie Reservoir, The Buttes and Hutton Lake.
This includes Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 299 and
305, between mile markers 312 and 315, and between mile markers 324
and 328.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.
&&
LAT...LON 4123 10595 4140 10581 4121 10537 4099 10561
4100 10567
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 302DEG 15KT 4128 10581
TrudelThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1:18 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | CYS | 17 hr | |
| Jul 13, 1:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 4:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Goshen | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 3:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Banner | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 34 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.