A severe thunderstorm produced some hail around Rawlins, WY.
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A severe thunderstorm produced some hail around Rawlins, WY.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 2, 2:08 PM MST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 308 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2008 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... CONVECTION HAS STARTED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THE AIRMASS OVER THE CWA IS SLOWLY BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE SINCE THE MORNING HOURS. A CAP EXISTED OVER MUCH OF THE CWA AT ABOUT 650 MB IN THE COOLER AIR BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE CWA LAST NIGHT. AS OF 19Z...LIFTED INDICES WERE RIGHT AROUND ZERO. ALL OF THIS LEADS TO EARLIER THOUGHTS OF A LATER SHOW FOR THE CWA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. DURING THAT TIME THERE WILL BE FAVORABLE SHEAR...CAPE VALUES...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FOR SUPERCELLS. LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND WITH THEIR SLOW EXPECTED MOVEMENT...SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. THE ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY BECOME LESS INTENSE AS THE NIGHT GOES ON AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH TAKES THE BULK OF THE STORMS INTO THE PANHANDLE BY LATE EVENING AND THE AIRMASS STABILIZES SOME. WITH THE ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL BE COMMON OVER THE EAST PART OF THE CWA LATER TONIGHT AND FOR MUCH OF THURSDAY MORNING. SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AND LESS NUMEROUS AFTERNOON STORMS WILL BE OVER THE CWA ON THURSDAY AS THE AIR MASS WILL BE MORE STABLE THAN THAT OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .LONG TERM...THU NIGHT THROUGH WED... AN UPPER RIDGE WILL MOVE EASTWARD OVER THE REGION FRI. AS THE RIDGE AXIS MOVES EAST OF THE AREA FRI NIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL DEVELOP. FLOW ALOFT WILL VEER TO WESTERLY SATURDAY AND WILL REMAIN ESSENTIALLY FROM THE WEST SUNDAY. UPPER FLOW WILL VEER TO NORTHWESTERLY MON AND WILL REMAIN FROM THE NORTHWEST TUE AS AN UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO DEVELOP OVER THE GREAT BASIN REGION. THE RIDGE WILL SHIFT EAST OVER WY WED...WITH THE GFS DEPICTING A HIGHER AMPLITUDE RIDGE THAN THE ECMWF PROGS. A SURFACE BASED LEESIDE TROUGH FRI WILL INDUCE A THERMAL RIDGE OVER THE AREA WITH A CHANCE OF A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS. SAT THROUGH TUE WILL BE RATHER HOT WITH A CHANCE OF LATE DAY STORMS FROM THE MOUNTAINS EASTWARD AS MID LEVEL INSTABILITY ACTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIURNALLY TRENDED INSTABILITY. SAT STILL LOOKS TO BE THE HOTTEST DAY. SURFACE BASED LEESIDE TROUGHING WED WILL PRODUCE A DRY AND VERY WARM DAY. && .AVIATION... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE CWA BY 22Z AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. IFR CEILINGS AND MVFR VISIBILITIES IN FOG WILL DEVELOP OVER MAINLY THE EAST PART OF THE CWA AFTER 09Z AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY MORNING. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && WEILAND/JR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 152 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2008 NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059-060-067-068>070-070-031130-SIOUX- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-CONVERSE- NIOBRARA-PLATTE-GOSHEN-PINE BLUFFS-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS- 152 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM. THE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY FORM ALONG THE LARAMIE RANGE AND THEN MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST. WITH THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE AREA MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND EVEN SOME TORNADOES. THE EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS THAT PRODUCE THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING AND THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE WYZ061>066-031130- SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE- 152 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING BETWEEN 2 PM AND 9 PM. ALTHOUGH NONE OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE LARAMIE RANGE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 5 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY OR TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE WEILAND
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 540 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2008 NEZ001-019-020-054-WYZ059>070-030045- SIOUX-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-KIMBALL-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA- SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS- PINE BLUFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING... HARRISBURG...KIMBALL...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...RAWLINS... HANNA...MEDICINE BOW...CENTENNIAL...GARRETT...LARAMIE...BUFORD... HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...CHEYENNE... PINE BLUFFS 540 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE FAR WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 530 PM MDT...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR LARAMIE AND SOME 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOUGLAS. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH AND 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY PASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR CONVERSE...NIOBRARA...PLATTE AND GOSHEN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...AND FOR SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. NEZ002-003-021-055-030045- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-MORRILL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...BRIDGEPORT... BAYARD...SIDNEY 540 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN PANHANDLE... SOME THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO DAWES COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SPREADING INTO BOX BUTTE...MORRILL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES FROM THE WEST BY 6 PM. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 15 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR DAWES AND BOX BUTTE COUNTIES. JLH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 636 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2008 NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059>070-030145- SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON- SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE- PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...CHADRON...ALLIANCE... SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD... KIMBALL...SIDNEY...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...RAWLINS...HANNA... MEDICINE BOW...CENTENNIAL...GARRETT...LARAMIE...BUFORD... HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...CHEYENNE... PINE BLUFFS 636 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... THERE WERE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE EARLY THIS EVENING. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MPH. AT 630 PM MDT...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH AND 15 MILES WEST OF DOUGLAS. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 35 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE AND 18 MILES NORTH OF KIMBALL NEBRASKA. THROUGH 730 PM MDT...UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR PLATTE...GOSHEN...CONVERSE AND NIOBRARA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND FOR SIOUX...DAWES AND BOX BUTTE COUNTIES IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. JLH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
705 PM MDT WED JUL 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM HEAVY RAIN 7 SE BURNS 41.12N 104.26W
07/02/2008 E1.00 INCH LARAMIE WY TRAINED SPOTTER
FEW HAIL STONES TO 3/8 INCH.
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BCHAPMANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
708 PM MDT WED JUL 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0707 PM HAIL 1 W DOUGLAS 42.76N 105.41W
07/02/2008 E0.50 INCH CONVERSE WY TRAINED SPOTTER
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BCHAPMANSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 725 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2008 NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059>070-030230- SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON- SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE- PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...CHADRON...ALLIANCE... SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD... KIMBALL...SIDNEY...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...RAWLINS...HANNA... MEDICINE BOW...CENTENNIAL...GARRETT...LARAMIE...BUFORD... HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...CHEYENNE... PINE BLUFFS 725 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE EARLY THIS EVENING. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MPH. AT 722 PM MDT...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST EAST OF DOUGLAS. THIS STORM PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND UP TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AS IT MOVED THROUGH DOUGLAS JUST AFTER 7 PM. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CONVERSE COUNTY SOME 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOUGLAS. THROUGH 830 PM MDT...UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR PLATTE...GOSHEN...CONVERSE AND NIOBRARA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND FOR SIOUX...DAWES AND BOX BUTTE COUNTIES IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. JLH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
802 PM MDT WED JUL 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0802 PM HAIL RAWLINS 41.78N 107.23W
07/02/2008 E0.88 INCH CARBON WY TRAINED SPOTTER
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BCHAPMANThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Nickel to half dollar sized hail reported in the vicinity of Rawlins, WY.
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