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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2009, 5:10 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 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 17, 2009, 5:10 PM MDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2009, 5:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cheyenne County, NE, Morrill County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 12:59 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -338 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 17, 1:39 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 1:39 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 139 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009 .SHORT TERM...NW FLOW WILL OCCUR ALOFT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WEST. DEW POINTS IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON ARE IN THE 50S. LIS INDICATE VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA EAST OF THE LAR RANGE AND CAPE VALUES ARE IN THE 1000 TO 2000 J/KG RANGE. TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SE WY AND THE NEB PANHANDLE DUE TO DEEP LAYER SHEER. A JET MAX AT 200 MB WILL ALSO AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON SAT . MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ONCE AGAIN SAT AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE FOR SAT AFT AND EVENING. ON SUN...NW FLOW WILL CONT ALOFT AND THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL EXTEND FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE DESERT SW. WILL KEEP DRY CONDITIONS IN THE FORECAST...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND NORMAL SATURDAY...THEN AS THERMAL RIDGE MOVES OVER THE CWA ON SUNDAY...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. UPPER SHORT WAVE MOVING NORTH OF AREA WILL ALLOW FOR A COLD FRONT TO PUSH SOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...WITH CHANCES OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY. FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IT LOOKS LIKE DIURANALLY DRIVE CONVECTION WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES. ON FRIDAY...A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED WITH A CONTINUATION OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS AND SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AREAS IN AND NEAR LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WHERE LOW CIGS AND VSBYS WILL RESULT IN MVFR OR BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS. && .FIRE WEATHER...FUELS CONTINUE TO DRY ACROSS THE DISTRICT...HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. LOW RHS WILL OCCUR ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...KMD LONG TERM...EISE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 1:40 PM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 140 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009 WYZ059>066-181945- CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE- 140 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...WATER...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE NEZ001-003-019>021-054-055-WYZ067>070-181945- SIOUX-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- 140 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. ...TORNADO WATCH 596 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING HAIL AND WIND...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...HAIL GREATER THAN ONE HALF INCH...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER...ANY DAMAGE FROM STORMS...OR FLOODING OF ROADS AND CREEKS...TO YOUR LOCAL POLICE OR SHERIFF. THEY WILL PASS ALONG YOUR REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...WATER..AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE NEZ002-181945- DAWES- 140 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...WATER...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 359 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009 NEZ019-020-172245- BANNER-SCOTTS BLUFF- 359 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SCOTTS BLUFF AND EASTERN BANNER COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT... AT 357 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT...OR NEAR SCOTTSBLUFF. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. WEILAND
Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
407 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0401 PM HAIL SCOTTSBLUFF 41.87N 103.66W
07/17/2009 E0.25 INCH SCOTTS BLUFF NE TRAINED SPOTTER
LOTS OF PEA TO MARBLE WITH A FEW 3/4.
0404 PM HAIL 3 W SCOTTSBLUFF 41.87N 103.72W
07/17/2009 E0.75 INCH SCOTTS BLUFF NE PUBLIC
&&
BCHAPMANSpecial weather statement, Jul 17, 4:10 PM MDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 410 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009 NEZ019-020-172315- BANNER-SCOTTS BLUFF- 410 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SCOTTS BLUFF AND NORTHEASTERN BANNER COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM MDT... AT 407 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT...OR NEAR SCOTTSBLUFF. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AROUND 4 PM...UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN AND SEVERAL MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF. PENNY SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN BANNER AND SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTIES...INCLUDING SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT...GERING...TERRYTOWN AND SCOTTSBLUFF...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WEILAND
Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:13 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
413 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0412 PM HAIL 2 NW SCOTTSBLUFF 41.89N 103.69W
07/17/2009 M1.00 INCH SCOTTS BLUFF NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BCHAPMANSpecial weather statement, Jul 17, 4:57 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 9:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill, Scotts Bluff | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 7:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Morrill | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 7:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Kimball | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 33 min |
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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.