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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 11, 2025Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2025, 6:22 PM MDT for Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 23 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 11, 2025, 6:22 PM MDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2025, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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
Jul 11, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 382 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, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2025-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 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, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2025-07-12The 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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie52 min
Jul 11, 7:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie24 min
Jul 11, 7:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie14 min
Jul 11, 9:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie31 min
Jul 11, 10:28 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryCYSAlbany, Laramie11 hr
Jul 11, 6:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCheyenne27 min
Jul 11, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSMorrill17 min
Jul 11, 6:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne, Kimball43 min
Jul 11, 7:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCheyenne43 min

Nearby

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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.