Tornado in Wyoming, June 3, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1017 AM MDT SUN JUN 3 2001

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE AT MID MORNING OVER MAINLY THE EAST
AND NORTH PARTS OF THE CWA.  ACTIVITY WAS BEING AIDED BY A WEAK
SHORTWAVE TROUGH WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY ENDED OR MOVED NORTH OF THE
CWA BY MIDDAY AS FEATURE LIFTS NORTHEAST.  MAIN CONCERN FOR THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS.  LEFT FRONT
QUADRANT OF THE 250 MB JET WILL PROVIDE SYNOPTIC LIFT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  ALSO...AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE...INSTABILITY
AND SHEAR HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE SATURDAY OVER THE CWA.  ALREADY
AREA RAOBS HAVE LIFTED INDICES BELOW ZERO IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND
CAPES AT KRWL WERE AROUND 800 J/KG.  EXPECTED CAPES OF OVER 2000...
STRONG SHEAR AND BULK RICHARDSON NUMBERS OF 30 TO 40 WILL FAVOR
RIGHT TURNING SUPERCELLS.  LARGE HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SOME
TORNADOES WILL OCCUR WITH THE SUPERCELLS.  AGREE WITH SPC ON THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS...WITH TIMING JUST IN QUESTION.  BELIEVE
THAT ACTIVITY WILL BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY IN REDEVELOPING EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON IN THE WEST PART OF THE CWA AND AFTER 23Z IN FAR
SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  MOST OF THE
SEVERE ACTIVITY AT LEAST INITIALLY WILL BE FURTHER SOUTH IN THE
CWA AS THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE NORTH PARTS MIGHT TAKE A BIT LONGER
TO REOVER AFTER THE SHOERTWAVE TROUGH PASSAGE.  LOOK AT NEW ETA SHOWS
THAT MODEL NOW DEVELOPING UPPER LOW FURTHER NORTH THAN ITS PREVIOUS
RUNS.

.CYS...
WY...NONE.
NE...NONE.

WEILAND

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1014 AM MDT SUN JUN 3 2001

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON.

A COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST FROM
CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.  THOSE FEATURES ALONG WITH
HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE COOL AND STABLE
AIR NEAR THE SURFACE.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN SOUTH CENTRAL
WYOMING BY MIDDAY AND THEN SPREAD EAST...FINALLY REACHING THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AFTER 4 PM.  WITH THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ABOVE
THE COLD AND CLOUDY AIR NEAR THE GROUND AND WIND SHEAR...THE
MAIN WEATHER THREAT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE HAIL TO THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.  THE STRONGER
THUNERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY SOUTH OF A WHEATLAND TO BRIDGEPORT LINE.

WEILAND
WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1037 AM MDT SUN JUN 3 2001

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND
THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE EAST.  THE STORMS
WILL BEGIN IN THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
OR EARLY IN THE EVENING.  THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME OF THE
STORMS TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE LARAMIE
RANGE AND SOUTH OF A WHEATLAND TO BRIDGEPORT LINE.

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER THAT AREA WILL BE LIFTED BY
THE APPROACH OF THE JET STREAM AND A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.  ALSO THE WIND SHEAR WILL BE FAVORABLE IN AREAS EAST OF
THE LARAMIE RANGE FOR SUPERCELL TYPE STORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER.

THE RESULT WILL BE THAT SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND EVEN TORNADOES.  THE
BEST LIKLIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE STARTING BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM
BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND WHEATLAND.  THE SEVERE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE TO
THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.  NOW IS THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU WILL GO WHEN
SEVERE WEATHER MOVES INTO THE AREA AND HAVE NEEDED SUPPLIES ON HAND.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

WEILAND
WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE