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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 11, 2012Morrill County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2012, 5:52 PM MDT for Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 23 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: Aug 11, 2012, 5:52 PM MDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2012, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Morrill County, NE

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The text

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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 Aug 11, 5:34 PM MDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 5:34 PM MDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 1:15 PM MDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
115 PM MDT SAT AUG 11 2012

WYZ101>119-121730-
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-
1127 AM MDT SAT AUG 11 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
AND MOVE WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT AND UPPER
LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE PASS THROUGH THE REGION. NONE OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH IN AND NEAR SOME
OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

WIDELY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT
DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY WILL BRING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE
WEATHER BUT GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON 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>021-054-055-095-096-121730-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
115 PM MDT SAT AUG 11 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS
A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

WIDELY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. NONE OF THE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER BUT GUSTY WINDS
AT TIMES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

&&

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

JAMSKI

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 4:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 11, 4:53 PM MDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 5:04 PM MDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 11, 5:05 PM MDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 5:22 PM MDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 5:52 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
Aug 11, 1:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Carbon	40 min
Aug 11, 2:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Converse	54 min
Aug 11, 3:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	59 min
Aug 11, 3:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	57 min
Aug 11, 3:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	29 min
Aug 11, 4:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	33 min
Aug 11, 4:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	1 min
Aug 11, 4:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Albany	33 min
Aug 11, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Goshen	41 min
Aug 11, 5:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Cheyenne, Kimball	41 min
Aug 11, 5:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Morrill	38 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Nebraska, 2012 Every 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.