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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Cheyenne, WY

April 18, 2000Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2000, 7:13 PM MDT for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2000, 7:13 PM MDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2000, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Scotts Bluff County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 18, 7:15 PM MDTHail 1.75Gering, NE
Apr 18, 7:25 PM MDTHail 1Scottsbluff, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 224 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2000-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2000-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KCYS 190114
SVRCYS
NEC157-190145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
713 PM MDT TUE APR 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND NORTH SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF
  NEBRASKA   THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SCOTTSBLUFF

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 708 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GERING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TERRYTOWN AND MINATARE

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.

LAT...LON 4186 10384 4170 10371 4189 10336 4201 10341

DAUGHERTY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 8:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne, Morrill40 min
Apr 18, 9:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSMorrill45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.