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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 9, 2014Sioux County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2014, 3:46 PM MDT for Sioux County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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 9, 2014, 3:46 PM MDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2014, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Sioux County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2014-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2014-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 9, 11:53 AM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 11:53 AM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 11:29 AM MDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1129 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014

WYZ101-103>107-109>119-101730-
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-
1129 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014

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 CAN BE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEARBY LOCATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH 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-WYZ102-108-101730-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-NIOBRARA COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-
1129 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP ACROSS THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND INTO EAST CENTRAL WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.
THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

&&

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

FINCH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:32 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
332 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014

NEZ002-095-092200-
DAWES NE-NORTH SIOUX NE-
332 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SIOUX AND NORTHWESTERN
DAWES COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM MDT...

AT 329 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONTROSE...OR 28 MILES SOUTH OF EDGEMONT...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHWESTERN DAWES AND NORTHEASTERN
SIOUX COUNTIES.

&&

LAT...LON 4280 10336 4283 10376 4296 10376 4301 10345
      4300 10335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 266DEG 16KT 4291 10365

HAHN
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:46 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
346 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014

NEZ096-092215-
SOUTH SIOUX NE-
346 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SIOUX COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM
MDT...

AT 345 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF AGATE FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL
MONUMENT...OR 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF TORRINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  AGATE FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4241 10369 4220 10378 4235 10400 4243 10392
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 291DEG 9KT 4237 10393

HAHN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 1:50 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYS55 min
Aug 8, 6:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte42 min
Aug 8, 6:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Dawes, Sioux41 min
Aug 9, 4:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSScotts Bluff41 min
Aug 9, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSMorrill38 min
Aug 9, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Morrill20 min
Aug 9, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBanner28 min
Aug 9, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte23 min
Aug 9, 5:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte27 min
Aug 9, 5:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte21 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.