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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Cheyenne, WY

September 9, 2023Goshen County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 2023, 11:32 PM MDT for Goshen County, Wyoming. It was in force for 58 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
Sep 9, 2023, 11:32 PM MDT (05:32 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2023, 12:30 AM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
2.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Goshen County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 9, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 330 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2023-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 877 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2023-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-3.0

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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 Sep 9, 10:53 PM MDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 10:53 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 4:49 AM MDT, 18 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
449 AM MDT Sat Sep 9 2023

WYZ101-103>107-109>119-101100-
Converse County Lower Elevations-North Laramie Range-
Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-Shirley Basin-
Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-
East Platte 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-
449 AM MDT Sat Sep 9 2023

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

There is a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon as a surface cold front slides south towards the
Interstate 80 corridor this afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms
will increase in coverage this evening and tonight. A few
thunderstorms may contain hail and strong gusty winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

Periods of light to moderate rainfall with occasional
thunderstorms expected for Sunday and Monday. A few thunderstorms
may contain small hail and gusty winds Sunday.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ102-108-101100-
Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-
Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County-
Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County-Niobrara County-
Goshen County-
449 AM MDT Sat Sep 9 2023

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of the western
Nebraska panhandle and east central Wyoming near the Nebraska
border.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Showers and thunderstorms will increase in coverage late this
afternoon and this evening. A few of these storms may become
severe with brief heavy rainfall, strong gusty winds, and hail
possible as they move southeast.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

Periods of light rainfall with occasional thunderstorms expected
for Sunday and Monday.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 9, 9:28 PM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 6:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse39 min
Sep 9, 6:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte51 min
Sep 9, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse, Niobrara, Platte61 min
Sep 9, 7:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse43 min
Sep 9, 7:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCYSGoshen, Platte63 min
Sep 9, 8:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse47 min
Sep 9, 8:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse, Niobrara, Platte66 min
Sep 9, 9:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSGoshen40 min
Sep 9, 9:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen50 min
Sep 9, 9:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Converse, Goshen, Niobrara, Platte62 min
Sep 9, 10:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Platte65 min
Sep 10, 12:24 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen22 min
Sep 10, 7:23 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSGoshen37 min
Sep 10, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse59 min
Sep 10, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Converse30 min
Sep 10, 9:53 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCheyenne37 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.