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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 11, 1986Sioux County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1986, 9:59 PM MDT for Sioux County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 1986, 9:59 PM MDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 1986, 11:00 PM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Whole counties

County Sioux County, NE

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 11, 10:19 PM MDT	Hail 1.5	Sioux, NE

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 5:25 PM MDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 9:44 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 11, 11:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Sheridan	60 min
Aug 12, 2:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Goshen	30 min
Aug 12, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Weston	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1986 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.