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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 15, 2012Sioux County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2012, 3:31 PM MDT for Sioux County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2012, 3:31 PM MDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2012, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Sioux County, NE

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 15, 3:01 PM MDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:01 PM MDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 1:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
142 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012

WYZ106>108-152030-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY WY-EAST PLATTE
COUNTY WY-GOSHEN COUNTY WY-
142 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN PLATTE AND WESTERN
GOSHEN COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM MDT...

AT 140 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUERNSEY CAMPGROUND...OR 14
MILES NORTH OF WHEATLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GUERNSEY CAMPGROUND...
  GUERNSEY...
  HARTVILLE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 83 AND
102.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4258 10481 4230 10451 4207 10503 4227 10516
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 243DEG 9KT 4225 10494

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
144 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012

WYZ106-115-116-152030-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY WY-LARAMIE VALLEY
WY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE WY-
144 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY UNTIL 230
PM MDT...

AT 140 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF LARAMIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LARAMIE...
  UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM...
  BALDY PEAK...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 295 AND
316.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4166 10554 4139 10530 4119 10575 4139 10590
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 243DEG 9KT 4134 10573

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 2:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
203 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012

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

0159 PM     HAIL             1 SW LARAMIE            41.30N 105.60W
06/15/2012  E0.25 INCH       ALBANY             WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
219 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012

NEZ095-WYZ102-108-152100-
GOSHEN COUNTY WY-NIOBRARA COUNTY WY-NORTH SIOUX NE-
219 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SIOUX...SOUTHEASTERN
NIOBRARA AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GOSHEN COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM MDT...

AT 214 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF PRAIRIE CENTER...OR 14 MILES
EAST OF LUSK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HARRISON...
  VAN TASSELL...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 4287 10385 4261 10385 4258 10428 4276 10432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 260DEG 14KT 4269 10417

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:31 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 1:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	48 min
Jun 15, 1:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Albany	46 min
Jun 15, 1:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Goshen, Platte	47 min
Jun 15, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	57 min
Jun 15, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Goshen	42 min
Jun 15, 2:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Sioux	41 min
Jun 15, 4:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Sioux	41 min
Jun 15, 4:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Scotts Bluff	38 min
Jun 15, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Box Butte	39 min
Jun 15, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Banner	49 min
Jun 15, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Scotts Bluff	43 min
Jun 15, 5:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Banner, Kimball	38 min
Jun 15, 5:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Scotts Bluff	40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.