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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 29, 2022Goshen County, Niobrara County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2022, 5:45 PM MDT for Goshen County, Niobrara County, Wyoming. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2022, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2022, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Goshen County, WY, Niobrara County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2022-07-29Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2022-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 29, 2:53 PM MDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 2:53 PM MDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 2:08 PM MDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 1:35 PM MDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
135 PM MDT Fri Jul 29 2022

NEZ002-095-292000-
Dawes NE-North Sioux NE-
135 PM MDT Fri Jul 29 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Dawes
and northeastern Sioux Counties through 200 PM MDT...

At 135 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles east of Montrose, or 29 miles west of Chadron. This storm was
nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Dawes
and northeastern Sioux Counties.

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.

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 4281 10343 4282 10369 4300 10369 4300 10343
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 272DEG 4KT 4290 10357

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Hammer
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 6:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSAlbany, Converse119 min
Jul 28, 6:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany42 min
Jul 28, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon52 min
Jul 28, 7:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany55 min
Jul 28, 7:48 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatCYSAlbany, Carbon3 hr
Jul 29, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara43 min
Jul 29, 5:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSGoshen, Niobrara3 hr
Jul 29, 1:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSDawes, Sioux3 hr
Jul 29, 2:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSioux50 min
Jul 29, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSSioux45 min
Jul 29, 3:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSSioux3 hr
Jul 28, 8:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSJackson41 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.