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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 11, 2014Morrill County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 11, 2014, 9:59 PM MDT for Morrill County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2014, 9:59 PM MDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2014, 2:00 AM MDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jul 11, 9:49 PM MDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 9:49 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 10:24 AM MDT, 11 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1024 AM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014

WYZ104-105-109>116-121100-
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-
1024 AM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW STRONGER
STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED 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-WYZ101>103-106>108-117>119-
121100-
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-
1024 AM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP.
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING WITH HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.
OTHERWISE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED MAINLY SATURDAY...SUNDAY...AND WEDNESDAY.

.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

Local storm report, Jul 11, 6:33 PM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 7:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSGoshen43 min
Jul 11, 7:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCarbon41 min
Jul 11, 7:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYS47 min
Jul 11, 6:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCYSCheyenne3 hr
Jul 11, 9:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSScotts Bluff48 min
Jul 11, 10:09 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningCYSCheyenne, Kimball6 hr
Jul 11, 10:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSMorrill50 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Nebraska, 2014Every areal flood advisory in 2014

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.