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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2013, 6:13 PM MDT for Banner County, Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 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
- Jun 22, 2013, 6:13 PM MDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2013, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Banner County, NE, Kimball County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:13 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 652 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
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 Jun 22, 5:13 PM MDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 5:13 PM MDT, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 513 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 417 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 2013 THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH AREAS EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST DURING THE COURSE OF THE EVENING. 0-1KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITY VALUES ARE RANGING FROM 50-100M^2/S^2 IN GOSHEN AND ALBANY COUNTIES. FURTHER EAST OF THIS COUNTIES LCL'S ARE A BIT LOWER WITH VALUES RANGING FROM 500M- 1000M. THEREFORE...CONTINUED TORNADO THREAT LOOKS TO BE FAIRLY MARGINAL THIS EVENING...BUT STILL CANNOT RULE SOME BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS AS THE LINE CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST. MEANWHILE...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT STILL LOOKS FAVORABLE AT THIS TIME. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE MAIN SHORTWAVE PIVOTING THROUGH CENTRAL WYOMING. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST THIS EVENING AND BRING DRIER AIR INTO THIS EVENING. WE WILL BE CLEARING THE TORNADO WATCH IN CONVERSE AND ALBANY COUNTIES SHORTLY. TONIGHT AND SUNDAY: CLEARING SKIES ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THE SUBSIDENCE BUILDS IN WITH THE PASSING SHORTWAVE. IT MAY BE QUITE COOL IN A FEW LOCATIONS WITH 40S IN WYOMING AND 50S IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. LEE SIDE TROF DOES TRY TO SET UP CAMP...BUT NOT REAL CONFIDENT THAT SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP. FOR NOW...WE WILL CONSISTENCY SAKE WE WILL KEEP THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PICTURE. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 417 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 2013 NOT MANY CHANGES MADE TO THE LONG TERM DUE TO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. WE WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR A POTENTIAL SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WHICH MAY BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OF THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE REGION LATER IN THE WEEK AND BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES. COX && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 530 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 2013 VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WYOMING TAF SITES TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE A CHANCE OF ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NEAR THE CYS TAF SITE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. COX && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 417 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 2013 LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN STORE FOR AREAS MAINLY WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...THE LEE SIDE TROF IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA ON MONDAY WITH GUSTY AND DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW POSSIBLE WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE ON MONDAY WHICH WILL FAVOR INCREASE FIRE RISK. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...REC LONG TERM...SLA AVIATION...REC FIRE WEATHER...REC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:32 AM MDT, 13 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 432 AM MDT SAT JUN 22 2013 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-117>119- 231100- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- 432 AM MDT SAT JUN 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WHILE MOVING GENERALLY EASTWARD. SOME STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN. FEWER STORMS SHOULD OCCUR MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE WYZ104-105-109>116-231100- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- 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- 432 AM MDT SAT JUN 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:14 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
514 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM HAIL 12 NW HARRISBURG 41.67N 103.90W
06/22/2013 E2.50 INCH BANNER NE CO-OP OBSERVER
HAIL MOSTLY QUARTER SIZED WITH SOME TO SIZE OF TENNIS
BALLS. HEAVY RAIN WITH VIS DOWN TO 1/8 MI. 2 WINDOWS
DAMAGED. ONE CRACKED. ONE BROKEN OUT. BOTH ON NORTH SIDE
OF HOUSE.
&&
BCHAPMANLocal storm report, Jun 22, 5:26 PM MDT, 47 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 6:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Morrill | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 6:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Banner | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 6:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Kimball | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 7:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | Banner, Kimball | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Morrill | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 7:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Kimball | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 7:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | Banner, Kimball | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Kimball | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 7:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Cheyenne | 39 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.