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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2013, 2:32 PM MDT for Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 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 7, 2013, 2:32 PM MDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2013, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
County Kimball County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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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</html>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 7, 2:00 PM MDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 2:00 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 200 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 200 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013 SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...A BIT OF CONVECTION NOW DEVELOPING OVER FAR SE WY. CONVECTION SO FAR LIKELY HINDERED BY LACK OF ANY REAL FORCING AND SOME SUBSIDENCE BEHIND UPPER WAVE NOW MOVING OVER THE PLAINS. WV LOOP HINTS AT ANOTHER WEAK IMPULSE OVER WESTERN COLORADO WHICH SHOULD TREK ENE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SHOULD SEE SOME INCREASE IN CONVECTION AS A RESULT. BETTER INSTABILITY OVER THE PANHANDLE MAY ALLOW FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO OCCUR BUT SHOULD BE ISOLATED. ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH LATER IN THE EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND SHOULD OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER UPPER IMPULSE OVER MODEST LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW. ACTIVITY ON TUESDAY SHOULD BE MORE ISOLATED. TEMPERATURES REMAINING QUITE WARM OTHERWISE. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 200 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013 PREDOMINANT FEATURE REMAINS UPPER SUBTROPICAL RIDGE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. ON WED RIDGE AXIS FLATTENS WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE CWA. SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO NORTH WILL KEEP SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY BISECTING WY AND NE PANHANDLE WITH SE SFC USLOPE FLOW AND MOISTURE/INSTABILTY. HAVE KEPT PCPN CHCS ACROSS THE AREA CONSISTENT EAST OF LARAMIE RANGE. ON THU THE UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES ACROSS ERN WY WITH GOOD SUBSIDENCE ALOFT. MAY BE CHC FOR AFTN ELEVATED CONVECTION THU AFT 00Z BUT RATHER SLIGHT FOR NOW. MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ADVECT INTO AREA LATE THU AS UPPER FLOW SHIFTS TO SW. THIS WILL TEND TO INCREASE PCPN CHCS FOR AFTN CONVECTION ALONG AND WEST OF LARAMIE RANGE/SNOWIES AND HAVE INCREASED POPS IN THOSE AREAS. ON SAT THE COMBINATION OF SE SFC FLOW AND SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE FEED ARE POSSIBLE FOR BEST CHC OF AFTN CONVECTION ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. TEMPS WILL MAINTAIN ABOVE NORMAL 5-10 DEGS WITH FRI WARMEST DAY UNDER THERMAL RIDGE && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 200 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013 CONVECTION WILL INCREASE THROUGH 00Z FROM CYS NORTH AND EAST WITH STRONGEST TSTMS TOWARD NRN AREAS INTO NE PANHANDLE AFT 22Z. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVIAL NEAR TSTMS WITH ERRATIC SURFACE WINDS THROUGH 03Z. PREVAILING SFC FLOW WILL BE MAINLY SE ON EAST SIDE OF LARAMIE RANGE WITH WEST ON LEE SIDE. CONVECTION WILL DECREASE AFT 03Z FROM WEST TO EAST. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 200 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013 CONCERNS WILL REMAIN MINIMAL THROUGH THE MID PART OF THE WEEK AS GENERALLY NON-CRITICAL WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN QUITE WARM WITH LOW HUMIDITIES MAINLY OVER WESTERN DISTRICTS...BUT DECENT OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. WIDELY SCATTERED MAINLY LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN BE SOMEWHAT MORE ISOLATED OTHERWISE. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RE LONG TERM...SLA AVIATION...SLA FIRE WEATHER...RE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 10:25 AM MDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1025 AM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013 NEZ054-WYZ101-103>107-109>119-081245- KIMBALL-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE 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- 1025 AM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW STRONGER STORMS WITH PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WIDELY SCATTERED MAINLY LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MOST DAYS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .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>021-055-095-096-WYZ102-108-081245- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-CHEYENNE-NORTH SIOUX- SOUTH SIOUX-NIOBRARA COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY- 1025 AM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED MAINLY LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MOST DAYS. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED 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
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:32 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 232 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013 NEZ054-WYZ119-072115- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY WY-KIMBALL NE- 232 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LARAMIE AND NORTHWESTERN KIMBALL COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT... AT 230 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ALBIN TO BURNS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS... ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... PINE BLUFFS... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 393 AND 402. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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. 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 4139 10383 4104 10399 4121 10435 4138 10430 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 279DEG 18KT 4134 10411 4123 10429 HAMMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Niobrara | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 11:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Niobrara | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 1:44 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 1:06 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Sioux | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Kimball | 43 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.