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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 28, 1996Sioux County, Nebraska; Niobrara County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1996, 7:48 PM MDT for Sioux County, Nebraska; Niobrara County, Wyoming. It was in force for 57 min. 2 reports 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 28, 1996, 7:48 PM MDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 1996, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Sioux County, NE, Niobrara County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 28, 7:50 PM MDT	Hail 1.25	Lusk, WY
Aug 28, 8:10 PM MDT	Hail 1.75	Lusk, WY

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.

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 28, 3:45 PM MDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 4:22 PM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 4:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:23 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 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 28, 6:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Banner	64 min
Aug 28, 6:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Sioux	57 min
Aug 28, 6:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Banner	62 min
Aug 28, 6:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Scotts Bluff	56 min
Aug 28, 7:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Scotts Bluff	36 min
Aug 28, 7:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Box Butte, Morrill	61 min
Aug 28, 7:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Sioux	60 min
Aug 28, 8:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Dawes	59 min
Aug 28, 8:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Sioux	65 min
Aug 29, 5:25 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	CYS	Cheyenne	2 hr
Aug 29, 5:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Cheyenne	63 min
Aug 28, 6:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Niobrara	26 min
Aug 29, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Laramie	60 min
Aug 29, 4:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Laramie	35 min
Aug 29, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Laramie	63 min
Aug 29, 5:10 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	CYS	Laramie	65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1996 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.