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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 17, 2015Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2015, 2:16 PM MDT for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 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 17, 2015, 2:16 PM MDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2015, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Scotts Bluff County, NE

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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 Jul 17, 11:17 AM MDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 11:17 AM MDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 10:40 AM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1040 AM MDT FRI JUL 17 2015

NEZ019>021-054-055-WYZ103>106-109>119-181030-
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST 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-
1040 AM MDT FRI JUL 17 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEBRASKA...EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND
SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON THEN GRADUALLY COME TO AN END THIS EVENING. A
FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FROM
SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON
SHOWERS AND STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

NEZ002-003-095-096-WYZ101-102-107-108-181030-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-
1040 AM MDT FRI JUL 17 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEBRASKA AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF
EASTERN WYOMING AND THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A DOUGLAS TO ALLIANCE LINE. THE MAIN
HAZARDS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FROM
SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON
SHOWERS AND STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:54 PM MDT, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
154 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2015

WYZ101-172030-
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS WY-
154 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL CONVERSE COUNTY
UNTIL 230 PM MDT...

AT 154 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES NORTHEAST OF DOUGLAS...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL
CONVERSE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4280 10533 4294 10539 4311 10493 4283 10491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 255DEG 27KT 4289 10526

RE

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:10 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:16 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
Jul 17, 1:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Converse	36 min
Jul 17, 2:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Converse	66 min
Jul 17, 2:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	44 min
Jul 17, 2:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	42 min
Jul 17, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Goshen, Niobrara	61 min
Jul 17, 4:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Niobrara	58 min
Jul 17, 4:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	40 min
Jul 17, 4:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	38 min
Jul 17, 4:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Albany	44 min
Jul 17, 5:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	39 min
Jul 17, 2:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Sioux	50 min
Jul 17, 2:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Box Butte, Morrill, Scotts Bluff	57 min
Jul 17, 2:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Box Butte	41 min
Jul 17, 3:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Banner	39 min
Jul 17, 3:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Sioux	52 min
Jul 17, 3:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Dawes, Sioux	58 min
Jul 17, 3:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Box Butte	52 min
Jul 17, 3:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Box Butte	50 min
Jul 17, 3:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Box Butte, Morrill	28 min
Jul 17, 4:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Dawes	35 min
Jul 17, 5:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Dawes	40 min
Jul 17, 5:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Sioux	49 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.