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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2025, 4:54 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 38 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 24, 2025, 4:54 PM MDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2025, 5:32 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 363 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 373 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1401 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 24, 1:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 1:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 1:33 PM MDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 133 PM MDT Thu Jul 24 2025 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-251945- Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County- Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County- Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County- Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County- North Laramie Range-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains- Shirley Basin-Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County- East Platte County-Goshen 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- 133 PM MDT Thu Jul 24 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle Nebraska...east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT - Marginal risk of severe weather this afternoon and evening with thunderstorms across the region, alongside a marginal risk of localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY - Warming and drying trend then expected Friday through early next week, with critical fire weather conditions possible Saturday and Sunday. .Spotter information statement... Spotter reports are encouraged for severe weather and heavy rainfall this evening.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
328 PM MDT Thu Jul 24 2025
NEZ019-095-096-WYZ102-108-242200-
Scotts Bluff NE-North Sioux NE-South Sioux NE-Goshen County WY-
Niobrara County WY-
328 PM MDT Thu Jul 24 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF...
SOUTHWESTERN SIOUX...SOUTHEASTERN NIOBRARA AND NORTHEASTERN GOSHEN
COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM MDT...
At 328 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Rawhide Buttes to 14 miles south of Prairie
Center to near Torrington Municipal Airport. Movement was northeast
at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Torrington, Lusk, Lyman, Yoder, Henry, Van Tassell, Huntley, Southern
Hills Estates, Torrington Municipal Airport, Hawk Springs, Prairie
Center, Jay Em, Rawhide Buttes, Hwy 85 At Dry Rawhide Creek, Goshen
County Fairgrounds, and Niobrara County Fairgrounds.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4290 10435 4253 10386 4207 10377 4176 10430
4221 10432 4256 10464
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 226DEG 27KT 4256 10451 4230 10415 4202 10411
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SPMSpecial weather statement, Jul 24, 3:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
353 PM MDT Thu Jul 24 2025
NEZ019-020-095-096-WYZ108-242230-
Scotts Bluff NE-North Sioux NE-South Sioux NE-Banner NE-
Goshen County WY-
353 PM MDT Thu Jul 24 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF...
NORTHWESTERN BANNER...SOUTHERN SIOUX AND SOUTHEASTERN GOSHEN COUNTIES
THROUGH 430 PM MDT...
At 353 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 12 miles southwest of Agate Fossil Beds
National Monument to 11 miles north of Morrill to near Huntley.
Movement was northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Mitchell, Morrill, Lyman, Henry, Hubbard Hill, Agate Fossil Beds
National Monument, Stegall, Scotts Bluff County Fairground, Hawk
Springs, Huntley, and Lake Alice.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4265 10388 4222 10345 4165 10389 4177 10429
4210 10398 4238 10413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 246DEG 16KT 4233 10399 4213 10390 4186 10415
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SPMSpecial weather statement, Jul 24, 4:00 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
400 PM MDT Thu Jul 24 2025
NEZ095-WYZ102-108-242230-
North Sioux NE-Goshen County WY-Niobrara County WY-
400 PM MDT Thu Jul 24 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL SIOUX...
SOUTHEASTERN NIOBRARA AND NORTHEASTERN GOSHEN COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM
MDT...
At 400 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Van Tassell, or 15 miles southeast of Lusk, moving northeast at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Harrison and Van Tassell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4248 10404 4263 10445 4293 10438 4272 10381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 211DEG 17KT 4263 10420
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SPMSpecial weather statement, Jul 24, 4:11 PM MDT, 43 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
411 PM MDT Thu Jul 24 2025
WYZ117>119-242245-
Central Laramie County WY-South Laramie Range Foothills WY-
East Laramie County WY-
411 PM MDT Thu Jul 24 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY
THROUGH 445 PM MDT...
At 411 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Fox Farm-College, or 7 miles southeast of Cheyenne, moving northeast
at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Cheyenne, Burns, Laramie County Fairgrounds at Archer, Hillsdale,
Ranchettes, Cowboy Ranch South, and Grass Hills.
This includes Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 365 and
387.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4131 10467 4118 10431 4100 10454 4100 10482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 223DEG 16KT 4106 10469
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SPMSpecial weather statement, Jul 24, 4:26 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
426 PM MDT Thu Jul 24 2025
NEZ002-003-019>021-095-096-242300-
Scotts Bluff NE-Box Butte NE-Dawes NE-North Sioux NE-Morrill NE-
South Sioux NE-Banner NE-
426 PM MDT Thu Jul 24 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN BOX BUTTE...EASTERN
SCOTTS BLUFF...NORTHWESTERN MORRILL...NORTH CENTRAL BANNER...
SOUTHWESTERN DAWES AND EASTERN SIOUX COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM MDT...
At 426 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles southeast of Harrison to 13 miles north
of Lake Alice to near Hubbard Hill. Movement was northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Scottsbluff, Gering, Terrytown, Minatare, Melbeta, Agate Fossil Beds
National Monument, Lake Minatare State Recreation Area, Lake Alice
Number 2, Soldier Creek Campground, Fort Robinson State Park, Scotts
Bluff National Monument, Flahertys Corner, Scottsbluff Airport, Lake
Alice, Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area, Marsland, and Belmont.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4281 10354 4239 10320 4184 10339 4161 10389
4213 10369 4258 10389
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 231DEG 36KT 4256 10379 4218 10362 4175 10384
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SPMSpecial weather statement, Jul 24, 4:51 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
451 PM MDT Thu Jul 24 2025
NEZ002-003-019>021-095-096-WYZ108-242315-
Scotts Bluff NE-Box Butte NE-Dawes NE-North Sioux NE-Morrill NE-
South Sioux NE-Banner NE-Goshen County WY-
451 PM MDT Thu Jul 24 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN BOX BUTTE...SCOTTS
BLUFF...NORTHWESTERN MORRILL...NORTHEASTERN BANNER...WESTERN DAWES...
CENTRAL SIOUX AND SOUTHEASTERN GOSHEN COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM MDT...
At 450 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Montrose to 6 miles south of Flahertys
Corner to near Melbeta. Movement was east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Scottsbluff, Gering, Mitchell, Bayard, Terrytown, Crawford, Morrill,
Minatare, Melbeta, McGrew, Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area, Lake
Minatare State Recreation Area, Stegall, Soldier Creek Campground,
Scotts Bluff County Fairground, Montrose, Chimney Rock National
Historic Site, Hubbard Hill, Flahertys Corner, and Agate Fossil Beds
National Monument.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4167 10325 4173 10417 4224 10377 4294 10385
4300 10349 4300 10339 4223 10309
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 268DEG 18KT 4288 10372 4223 10346 4181 10358
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SPMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 12:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 12:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 12:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 12:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 28 min |
| Jul 24, 12:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 25 min |
| Jul 24, 1:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 1:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 1:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie, Platte | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 1:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 38 min |
| Jul 24, 2:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 2:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 2:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Goshen | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 3:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Niobrara | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Goshen | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 3:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Niobrara | 23 min |
| Jul 24, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 4:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | Laramie | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Banner, Kimball | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 6:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Sioux | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 7:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Dawes, Sioux | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 7:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 8:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte | 43 min |
| Jul 24, 3:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Sioux | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Sioux | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 4:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 9 min |
| Jul 24, 5:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Kimball | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 5:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Morrill, Scotts Bluff | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 5:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes | 33 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.