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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 31, 2012Cheyenne County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2012, 8:01 PM MDT for Cheyenne 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
Jul 31, 2012, 8:01 PM MDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2012, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Cheyenne County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 31, 3:49 PM MDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 3:49 PM MDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 11:25 AM MDT, 8 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1125 AM MDT TUE JUL 31 2012

WYZ101>119-011730-
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY-
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-
SIERRA MADRE RANGE-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE-
LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
1125 AM MDT TUE JUL 31 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE PLAINS. SOME STORMS WILL
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL WEAKEN AND DECREASE
IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING WITH ONLY A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS
POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
WYOMING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME
THUNDERSTORMS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH BREEZY
WESTERLY WINDS TO ELEVATE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
WYOMING ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.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>021-054-055-095-096-011730-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
1125 AM MDT TUE JUL 31 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS
WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE BY
MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS.

.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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 2:49 AM MDTFire Weather WatchCYS12 hr
Aug 1, 3:02 PM MDTRed Flag WarningCYS30 hr
Jul 31, 8:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCheyenne52 min
Aug 1, 1:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSMorrill25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Nebraska, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

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.