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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 26, 2021Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 6:21 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 26, 2021, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 191 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

928 
WWUS85 KCYS 270021
SPSCYS

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
621 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021
 
WYZ116>119-270100-
South Laramie Range WY-Central Laramie County WY-
South Laramie Range Foothills WY-East Laramie County WY-
621 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Laramie
County through 700 PM MDT...

At 621 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
North Cheyenne, or near Cheyenne, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Cheyenne, South Greeley, Hillsdale, Ranchettes, Warren AFB, Frontier
Park, Whitaker, North Cheyenne, Warren Af Base, Fox Farm-College and
South Greeley High.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 in Wyoming between mile markers 1 and 30.
 Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 342 and 382.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4100 10509 4109 10520 4130 10507 4148 10479
      4132 10432 4100 10454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 284DEG 28KT 4124 10483 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Mokry

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 6:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie25 min
Aug 26, 9:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte34 min
Aug 26, 9:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Dawes48 min

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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.