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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 20, 2024Platte County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2024, 2:28 PM MDT for Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 32 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: Jun 20, 2024, 2:28 PM MDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2024, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Platte County, WY

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 20, 1:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 Jun 20, 12:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 12:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:13 AM MDT, 10 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:36 PM MDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 2:06 PM MDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 2:08 PM MDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:12 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 2:15 PM MDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 2:21 PM MDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 9:41 PM MDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CYS	Albany, Laramie	8 hr
Jun 20, 1:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	37 min
Jun 20, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	24 min
Jun 20, 1:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Platte	40 min
Jun 20, 2:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	48 min
Jun 20, 2:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CYS	Goshen, Platte	38 min
Jun 20, 2:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	CYS	Goshen	43 min
Jun 20, 2:50 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	CYS	Goshen	25 min
Jun 20, 3:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	CYS	Goshen	30 min
Jun 20, 3:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	49 min
Jun 20, 3:47 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	CYS	Albany, Carbon	105 min
Jun 20, 4:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Laramie	40 min
Jun 20, 4:57 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	CYS	Laramie	3 hr
Jun 20, 3:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Box Butte	49 min
Jun 20, 3:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Box Butte, Dawes	42 min
Jun 20, 3:24 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	CYS	Scotts Bluff, Sioux	36 min
Jun 20, 3:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	CYS	Scotts Bluff, Sioux	42 min
Jun 20, 3:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	CYS	Box Butte, Dawes	51 min
Jun 20, 4:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Box Butte	23 min
Jun 20, 4:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	CYS	Banner, Box Butte, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sioux	49 min
Jun 20, 4:14 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	CYS	Scotts Bluff, Sioux	3 hr
Jun 20, 4:31 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	CYS	Box Butte, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sioux	3 hr
Jun 20, 4:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CYS	Box Butte, Morrill	50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.