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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 314, NWS Cheyenne, WY

October 15, 2025Albany County, Converse County, Platte County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 15, 2025, 7:32 PM MDT for Albany County, Converse County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 43 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
Oct 15, 2025, 7:32 PM MDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Oct 15, 2025, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Albany County, WY, Converse County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 262 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, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 2025-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 122 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 2025-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 Oct 15, 5:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 5:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 15, 4:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
424 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-162230-
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-
424 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle
Nebraska...east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and
southeast Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

- Showers and thunderstorms across the region through tonight,
  with some stronger to possibly near severe, though the
  environment isn't quite as robust as expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

- Rain and general thunder expected on Thursday alongside
  increasing winds with high wind warnings possible Thursday into
  Friday.

- A clipper system may bring another burst of strong winds on
  Saturday.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 15, 6:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Oct 15, 6:43 PM MDT, 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 15, 7:04 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 15, 7:12 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 6:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte29 min
Oct 15, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany32 min
Oct 15, 6:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Laramie, Platte41 min
Oct 15, 7:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara41 min
Oct 15, 7:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte33 min
Oct 15, 7:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse, Niobrara, Platte38 min
Oct 15, 7:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSPlatte49 min
Oct 15, 7:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany29 min
Oct 15, 7:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse, Niobrara, Platte57 min
Oct 15, 8:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSGoshen49 min
Oct 15, 8:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse, Niobrara, Platte46 min
Oct 15, 8:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara29 min
Oct 15, 8:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie34 min
Oct 15, 8:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte45 min
Oct 15, 8:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara44 min
Oct 15, 8:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSAlbany34 min
Oct 16, 1:45 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte52 hr
Oct 15, 8:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSScotts Bluff28 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.