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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 18, 2013Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2013, 7:41 PM MDT for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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: May 18, 2013, 7:41 PM MDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2013, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Scotts Bluff County, NE

The radar

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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 May 18, 6:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 6:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 1:55 PM MDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
155 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

WYZ101>119-191715-
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-
1111 AM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER
WEST TOWARDS LARAMIE AND RAWLINS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BECOME STRONG...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS
CLOSE TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST WYOMING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE
RANGE. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE ACTIVITY ON TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS
WILL RETURN TO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF NEXT
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 25.

&&

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

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-191715-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
155 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...TORNADO WATCH 170 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ON
SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THESE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION EAST OF HIGHWAY 385.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND
MONDAY ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. ALTHOUGH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL MOST
LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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

GRIFFITH

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 5:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
502 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

0501 PM     TORNADO          9 N BROADWATER          41.73N 102.85W
05/18/2013                   MORRILL            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, May 18, 5:11 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
511 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

0510 PM     HAIL             SIDNEY                  41.13N 102.97W
05/18/2013  E1.00 INCH       CHEYENNE           NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN SIDNEY. NUMEROUS REPORTS.

&&

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Local storm report, May 18, 5:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
532 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

0520 PM     HAIL             SIDNEY                  41.13N 102.97W
05/18/2013  E1.00 INCH       CHEYENNE           NE   PUBLIC

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Local storm report, May 18, 7:26 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 18, 7:31 PM MDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 7:41 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
May 19, 3:37 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	CYS	Albany, Carbon	23 hr
May 18, 6:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Box Butte, Morrill, Scotts Bluff	43 min
May 19, 3:16 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	CYS	Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more	30 hr

Nearby

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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.