Hail in Wyoming, June 23, 2009

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
311 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009

.UPDATE...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST
WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 900 PM MDT.

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 225 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009/

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...
EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO INITIATE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OVER FAR SE WY AND MOVE ACROSS THE NEB PANHANDLE THIS
EVENING IN RESPONSE TO DECENT INSTABILITY AND WEAK IMPULSE
TRACKING ACROSS THE AREA IN SW UPPER FLOW. LOOKS LIKE ACTIVITY
SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE TO THE SE AS OPPOSED TO LAST NIGHTS
ACTIVITY. OTHERWISE A COUPLE QUITE WARM DAYS IN THE OFFING AS
UPPER HIGH SLIPS WESTWARD OVER THE SRN ROCKYS WEDS AND HOLDS THERE
THROUGH THURSDAY. RISING HEIGHTS WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO WARM WELL
INTO THE 80S OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 90S ACROSS THE PANHANDLE.
WARMING MID LEVEL TEMPS WILL ALSO TEND TO REDUCE CONVECTION
SOMEWHAT WEDS AND THURSDAY BUT ISOLATED ACTIVITY STILL EXPECTED
MAINLY OVER THE SRN CWA WHERE PROXIMITY TO THE MTNS WILL AID
DEVELOPMENT.

LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THURSDAY
NIGHT MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. UPPER RIDGE
WILL FLATTEN SOMEWHAT ON FRIDAY AS A POTENT SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS
SOUTHERN CANADA...IN ADDITION TO A WEAK FEATURE MOVING ACROSS THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES. 12Z MODELS ARE SUGGESTING THAT A COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM IN CANADA WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE
AREA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...WITH LEESIDE CYCLOGENESIS OCCURRING
AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY LATE IN THE DAY. THIS WILL SPARK OFF
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG. WILL SEE
TEMPERATURES COOL A FEW DEGREES BEHIND THE FRONT
SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH DONT THINK AS COOL AS WHAT THE MEX IS
SUGGESTING. GFS AND ECMWF STILL DIFFER SOMEWHAT ON THE TIMING OF
UPPER LOW EJECTING FROM THE CALIFORNIA COAST INTO THE CENTRAL
PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND. GFS IS STILL CONSIDERABLY FASTER THAN THE
ECMWF...WITH THE GFS MOVING THE REMNANTS OF THE LOW CLEAR INTO THE
SE US BY MONDAY WHILE THE ECMWF HAS IT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
STILL ON TUESDAY. EITHER WAY...WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
A FLAT RIDGE THROUGH THE BEGINNING PART OF THE WEEK WITH AT LEAST
A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AS UPPER LEVEL
FEATURES MOVE ATOP THE RIDGE AND OVER THE AREA EACH DAY.

AVIATION...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY
OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WHERE PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS LIKELY DUE TO LOWERED
CIGS/VSBYS.

FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS AT THIS TIME WITH WX CONDITIONS ABOVE
CRITICAL THRESHOLDS OVERALL AND FUELS GREEN.

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.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...NONE.
NE...NONE.

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SHORT TERM/AVIATION...WFOCYS
LONG TERM...RJM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
308 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009

NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059>070-242115-
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-
308 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
OVER FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUFFICIENT MOISTURE
AND INSTABILITY EXISTS FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BE SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MORE SETTLED WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL
MOVE IN EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE.

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THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
450 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009

WYZ069-070-232345-
CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS-
450 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LARAMIE COUNTY UNTIL 545
PM MDT...

AT 448 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF CARPENTER...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CHEYENNE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

RJM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
451 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009

WYZ066>069-232345-
CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-GOSHEN-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-
451 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LARAMIE...SOUTHERN
PLATTE AND SOUTHWESTERN GOSHEN COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM MDT...

AT 448 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMBERT...OR 21 MILES SOUTH
OF WHEATLAND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...AND
WINDS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHUGWATER BY 510 PM MDT.
  8 MILES SOUTH OF GLOMILL RESERVOIR BY 545 PM MDT.

I-25 EXIT 54 IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND
70.

IF THE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING MAY BE ISSUED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT.

RUBIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
510 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0509 PM     HAIL             CHUGWATER               41.76N 104.82W
06/23/2009  E0.50 INCH       PLATTE             WY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

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BCHAPMAN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
522 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009

NEZ001-019-WYZ068-240015-
GOSHEN-SCOTTS BLUFF-SIOUX-
522 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN GOSHEN...NORTHWESTERN
SCOTTS BLUFF AND SOUTHWESTERN SIOUX COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM MDT...

AT 520 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 5 MILES SOUTH OF
LINGLE...OR 8 MILES WEST OF TORRINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TORRINGTON BY 530 PM MDT.

IF THE STORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
MAY BE ISSUED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT.

RUBIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
526 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     HAIL             10 SE CHUGWATER         41.65N 104.68W
06/23/2009  E0.25 INCH       LARAMIE            WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL WAS SMALLER THAN MARBLE BUT A BIT BIGGER THAN PEA
            SIZED.

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BCHAPMAN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
545 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     HAIL             TORRINGTON              42.07N 104.18W
06/23/2009  E0.25 INCH       GOSHEN             WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

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BCHAPMAN