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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2008, 9:34 PM MDT for Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2008, 9:34 PM MDT (03:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2008, 9:58 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dawes County, NE, Sioux County, NE
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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.
NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 25, 3:45 PM MDT, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 3:45 PM MDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 345 PM MDT FRI JUL 25 2008 .UPDATE... BRIEF UPDATE TO INCLUDE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT CARBON COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM MDT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED AND EXPECT THAT SCATTERED COVERAGE WILL BE OBSERVED DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS THE UPPER LEVEL SHORT-WAVE DISTURBANCE MOVES OVERHEAD. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 142 PM MDT FRI JUL 25 2008/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. DEW POINTS EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S TONIGHT AS UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUES...BENEATH THE FAVORABLE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE JET STREAK. THE DIFLUENCE ALOFT SHOULD SUPPORT AT LEAST A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO REINFORCE THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PRESENCE OVERNIGHT...AND WILL ADD MENTION FOR PATCHY FOG EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. SATURDAY A SURFACE LOW IS SHOWN BY BOTH THE GFS AND NORTH AMERICAN MODELS OVER WYOMING. THE SOUTHWEST LOW LEVEL FLOW TO THE SOUTH OF THIS FEATURE WILL HELP USHER IN LOWER DEW POINT AIR ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS...AND WINDS SHOULD GENERALLY 15 TO 25 MPH SO WILL NOT ISSUE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...NEXT SHIFTS WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SLIGHTLY WARMER OR WINDIER CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY. EVEN WITH THE DECREASED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WILL NEED TO KEEP CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND SLIGHT CHANCES ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY WILL BE HIGHER BASED WITH MAINLY A GUSTY WIND THREAT. MODEL SOUNDINGS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INDICATE A VERY DRY ATMOSPHERE AND WILL ELIMINATE PRECIPITATION CHANCES OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO EASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS SATURDAY NIGHT AND THIS WILL BRING A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. SUNDAY...UPSLOPE FLOW WILL RESUME IN THE LOWEST LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND THIS WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER ROUND OF SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION GOING FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS MONSOONAL FLOW REMAINS OVER THE REGION...WITH EVEN SOME INCREASE IN MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF DOLLY POSSIBLY BEING ADVECTED NORTHEASTWARD. PATTERN LOOKS LIKE IT WILL TREND TO A DRIER REGIME BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER FLOW TURNS MORE WESTERLY AND AN UPPER SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND PUSHES A SFC FRONT INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...LIKELY SHUNTING BETTER MOISTURE TO THE SOUTH OF THE CWA. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ON THE WARM SIDE HOWEVER AS UPPER HEIGHTS BUILD OVER THE REGION. SOME INCREASE IN LATE DAY CONVECTION POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE WEEK AS SOME MOISTURE TRIES TO CREEP BACK NORTHWARD IN RETURN FLOW. && AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT LOCALIZED AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS MAY BE PRESENT NEAR THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. OVERNIGHT EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE...LOCALIZED IFR CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WITH PATCHY FOG AND LOW STRATUS FORMING IN THE MOIST LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...WFOCYS LONG TERM....WFOCYS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 9:30 AM MDT, 12 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 930 AM MDT FRI JUL 25 2008 NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059-060-067>070-261530- SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS- PINE BLUFFS- 930 AM MDT FRI JUL 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SIGNIFICANTLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA WILL SUPPORT AT LEAST A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE MAIN THREATS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.,.WITH A FEW OF THE SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT...BUT AS ALWAYS SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING IN YOUR AREA. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE WYZ061>066-261530- SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE- 930 AM MDT FRI JUL 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CRITERIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE
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Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Converse | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Converse, Niobrara | 49 min |
| Jul 25, 7:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 6:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | Kimball | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.