Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 3, 2009Cheyenne County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2009, 2:48 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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 3, 2009, 2:48 PM MDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2009, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cheyenne County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 2:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 12:00Z on 2009-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2009-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 3, 3:41 AM MDT, 11 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:41 AM MDT, 11 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
341 AM MDT FRI JUL 3 2009

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
SOME SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING
MAINLY OVER THE WEST AND NORTH PARTS OF THE CWA.  THE ACTIVITY IS
AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN WYOMING AND
WESTERN COLORADO.  MODELS MOVE THE FEATURE EAST OF THE CWA BETWEEN
18Z AND 00Z WHICH LOOKS REASONABLE AT THIS TIME.  HOWEVER...
SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW MOVING INTO
WESTERN UTAH.  THE LATEST RUC THROUGH 18Z SEEMS TO HAVE ENERGY
HANGING BACK FURTHER WEST OVER CENTRAL WYOMING...WHICH MAY THE
TRAILING SHORTWAVE TROUGH.  MODELS ALL DRY THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE
CWA TODAY BEHIND THE INITIAL SHORTWAVE TROUGH.  THE PANHANDLE WILL
BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THAT IS
WHERE THE STRONGER STORMS SHOULD BE LOCATED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.  WITH THE TRAILING SHORTWAVE TROUGH AFFECTING THE CWA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STORMS OVER MUCH OF THE CWA.  HEAVY RAIN
IS ALSO POSSIBLE AGAIN LATER TODAY OVER THE FAR EAST PART OF THE
CWA.  SPC HAS BACKED OFF ON THE SEVERE POTENTIAL FOR THE CWA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING....HOWEVER THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE IS
DISCUSSED IN THE QPFERD FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.  PRECIPITABLE
WATER VALUES LOWER TO AN INCH OVER THE PANHANDLE LATER TODAY WHICH
IS DOWN UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  SHOULD
BE A BREAK IN THE ACTIVITY BY LATE THIS EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF
THE TRAILING SHORTWAVE TROUGH.  UPSLOPE BOUNDARY LAYER WIND FLOW
AND AN INCREASE IN THE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL TAKE PLACE
FOR SATURDAY.  THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AS WELL.  FOR NOW HAVE BUMPED UP POPS FOR BOTH LATER
TODAY AND THEN AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE
BELOW NORMAL FOR TODAY WITH SIMILAR VALUES TO THOSE OF THURSDAY.
LOW CLOUDS MAY START OF THE DAY IN THE EAST PART OF THE CWA
SATURDAY AND WILL HELP MAKE SATURDAY A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN
TODAY.

.LONG TERM...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE ROCKIES
ON SUNDAY.  A DISTURBANCE IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE CWA
WILL ENHANCE DIURNAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA.  DRY
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FROM MON THROUGH THURSDAY.  SW FLOW WILL
DEVELOP ALOFT MON AS THE UPPER RIDGE MOVES OVER THE PLAINS AND AN
UPPER TROUGH BEGINS TO MOVE ONTO THE WEST COAST.  THE SW FLOW WILL
CONT INTO TUES AS AN UPPER LOW FORMS OVER THE PAC NW.  THIS UPPER
LOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN CANADA ON WED WITH SW FLOW CONT OVER THE
FORECAST AREA.  ANOTHER UPPER LOW WILL FORM IN THE PAC NW ON THUR.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND NORMAL FOR SUN AND MON...5 TO 8
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR TUES THROUGH THUR.

&&

.AVIATION...AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN FOG AND LIGHT
RAIN WILL BE OVER THE CWA THROUGH 16Z.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL REDEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE CWA IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY AND
SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.  SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN
RAIN.  SOME MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN FOG CAN BE EXPECTED
TO THE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE BETWEEN 09Z AND 15Z SATURDAY.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...THROUGH SATURDAY THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL AND THERE WILL BE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE WEATHER STARTS TO WARM AND DRY
STARTING ON SUNDAY WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES BY THE MID
PART OF NEXT WEEK.  THERE WILL BE A MINIMUM OF LATE DAY STORM
ACTIVITY FOR THE EARLY AND MID PART OF NEXT WEEK.  MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE WYOMING PART OF THE
CWA DURING THAT TIME.  CURRENT FUELS STATUS INDICATES THAT FUELS
HAVE BEEN DRYING AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE FOR NEXT WEEK WHICH
WILL START TO INCREASE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.

&&

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

&&

WEILAND/KMD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 11:03 AM MDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1103 AM MDT FRI JUL 3 2009

NEZ001-WYZ059-060-064-066>070-041130-
SIOUX-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-
GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS-
1103 AM MDT FRI JUL 3 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
THE REST OF THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WHILE NO SEVERE
WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY WITH A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY.

.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

WYZ061>063-065-041130-
SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-
1103 AM MDT FRI JUL 3 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND PART OF
SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ONLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING. WHILE THESE STORMS WILL NOT BE SEVERE...BRIEF GUSTY
WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY WITH A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

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

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-041130-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
1103 AM MDT FRI JUL 3 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
THEN PERSIST INTO MUCH OF THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME
STRONG ESPECIALLY OVER KIMBALL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES...PRODUCING
UP TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY WITH A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY.

.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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1238 PM MDT FRI JUL 3 2009

NEZ001-003-031930-
BOX BUTTE-SIOUX-
1238 PM MDT FRI JUL 3 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SIOUX AND NORTHWESTERN
BOX BUTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM MDT...

AT 1236 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT TWO THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SOME 30 MILES NORTH
AND 22 MILES NORTH/NORTHEAST OF SCOTTSBLUFF.  BOTH OF THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

SHOULD A STORM APPROACH YOUR LOCATIONS...SEEK A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY AND PREFERABLY INDOORS.

JLH
Local storm report, Jul 3, 12:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1252 PM MDT FRI JUL 03 2009

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

0830 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W CRAWFORD            42.69N 103.47W
07/02/2009                   DAWES              NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            RAIN OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FELL BETWEEN 830 PM TO 1030 PM.

&&

DDEAL
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
124 PM MDT FRI JUL 3 2009

NEZ003-032030-
BOX BUTTE-
124 PM MDT FRI JUL 3 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BOX BUTTE COUNTY UNTIL
230 PM MDT...

AT 124 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF KILPATRICK LAKE...OR 22 MILES
WEST OF ALLIANCE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

JLH
Local storm report, Jul 3, 1:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
141 PM MDT FRI JUL 03 2009

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

0800 PM     TORNADO          7 NE LUSK               42.83N 104.36W
07/02/2009                   NIOBRARA           WY   PUBLIC

            UNCONFIRMED TORNADO IN OPEN RANCH.

&&

DDEAL
Local storm report, Jul 3, 1:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
146 PM MDT FRI JUL 03 2009

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

0130 PM     HAIL             17 WNW ALLIANCE         42.19N 103.18W
07/03/2009  E0.50 INCH       BOX BUTTE          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            VERY FEW STONES. ALSO HAD ESTIMATED G50 MPH.

&&

JLH
Local storm report, Jul 3, 2:43 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 6:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen59 min
Jul 2, 6:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Platte39 min
Jul 2, 6:40 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSAlbany2 hr
Jul 2, 7:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSNiobrara33 min
Jul 2, 6:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes, Sioux56 min
Jul 2, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSioux46 min
Jul 2, 8:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes, Sioux38 min
Jul 2, 8:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSDawes, Sioux3 hr
Jul 2, 8:27 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSSioux3 hr
Jul 2, 9:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSDawes3 hr
Jul 2, 9:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Dawes51 min
Jul 3, 1:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte37 min
Jul 3, 3:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSCheyenne3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.