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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Cheyenne, WY

September 8, 2009Morrill County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2009, 4:09 PM MDT for Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 66 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
Sep 8, 2009, 4:09 PM MDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2009, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Morrill County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 8, 1:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2009-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 421 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2009-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
421 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-233 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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 Sep 8, 3:48 PM MDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 3:48 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 2:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
230 PM MDT TUE SEP 8 2009

NEZ001>003-019-020-054-WYZ059>070-092030-
SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-KIMBALL-CONVERSE-
NIOBRARA-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-GOSHEN-
CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS-
230 PM MDT TUE SEP 8 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND MODERATE
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

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...HYDROLOGIC...AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE

NEZ021-055-092030-
MORRILL-CHEYENNE-
230 PM MDT TUE SEP 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 737 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT
TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING TO THEIR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE.

&&

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, Sep 8, 2:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
210 PM MDT TUE SEP 8 2009

NEZ054-055-082115-
CHEYENNE-KIMBALL-
210 PM MDT TUE SEP 8 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN KIMBALL AND WESTERN
CHEYENNE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT...

AT 209 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KIMBALL AIRPORT...OR NEAR KIMBALL...MOVING
EAST AT 17 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DIX BY 245 PM MDT.

I-80 EXIT 29 IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND
37.

RUBIN
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 2:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
258 PM MDT TUE SEP 8 2009

NEZ055-082200-
CHEYENNE-
258 PM MDT TUE SEP 8 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM MDT...

AT 245 PM MDT...TWO TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN NEAR BROWNSON...TO THE NORTHWEST OF SIDNEY. THE TORNADO
HAS SINCE LIFTED UP AND DISSIPATED.

NO CONFIRMED REPORTS OF DAMAGE WERE REPORTED. SINCE THE REFLECTIVITY
ECHOES WERE QUITE WEAK AT THAT TIME AROUND BROWNSON...THE TORNADO
WAS LIKELY A LANDSPOUT ASSOCIATED WITH THE GUST FRONT MOVING THROUGH
THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
CHEYENNE AND MORRILL COUNTIES OF WESTERN NEBRASKA.

RUBIN
Local storm report, Sep 8, 3:27 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner, Kimball58 min
Sep 8, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne41 min
Sep 8, 5:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSBanner94 min
Sep 8, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne, Morrill36 min
Sep 8, 5:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSCheyenne72 min

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.