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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 24, 2026Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2026, 6:13 PM MDT for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It was in force for 47 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 24, 2026, 6:13 PM MDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2026, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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
Jun 24, 3:50 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 337 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 2026-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2026-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 24, 6:00 PM MDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:00 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
440 PM MDT Wed Jun 24 2026

WYZ115-242315-
Laramie Valley WY-
440 PM MDT Wed Jun 24 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY
THROUGH 515 PM MDT...

At 440 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles northwest of Laramie Regional Airport, or 13 miles west of
Laramie, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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...
Laramie, West Laramie, Antelope Buttes, Rogers Canyon, University Of
Wyoming War Memorial Stadium, Laramie Regional Airport, Paddocks,
Pope Springs, and Albany County Fairgrounds.

This includes Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 292 and
315.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for southeastern
Wyoming.

&&

LAT...LON 4134 10596 4148 10591 4143 10553 4121 10557
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 288DEG 17KT 4139 10583

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Goatley
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 6:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen16 min
Jun 24, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCYSAlbany, Platte52 min
Jun 24, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon47 min
Jun 24, 6:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCYSGoshen, Platte54 min
Jun 24, 6:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie33 min
Jun 24, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Platte46 min
Jun 24, 7:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCarbon53 min
Jun 24, 8:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Converse50 min
Jun 24, 8:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie52 min
Jun 24, 8:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYS33 min
Jun 24, 8:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie40 min
Jun 24, 8:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYS51 min
Jun 24, 10:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse49 min
Jun 25, 2:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCarbon46 min
Jun 25, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon49 min
Jun 25, 3:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon, Converse, Platte52 min
Jun 25, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCarbon48 min
Jun 25, 3:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon, Converse23 min
Jun 25, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara and 1 more60 min
Jun 25, 4:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse37 min
Jun 25, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCYSAlbany, Goshen, Laramie, Platte54 min
Jun 25, 5:22 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSLaramie23 min
Jun 25, 5:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSPlatte79 min
Jun 25, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Laramie51 min
Jun 24, 7:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne40 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.