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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 6, 2015Dawes County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2015, 12:21 AM MDT for Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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 6, 2015, 12:21 AM MDT (06:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2015, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Dawes County, NE

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 00:00Z on 2015-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 412 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2015-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
412 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

489 
WWUS85 KCYS 060621
SPSCYS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1221 AM MDT THU AUG 6 2015
 
NEZ002-060700-
DAWES NE-
1221 AM MDT THU AUG 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN DAWES COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM
MDT...

AT 1220 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CHADRON AIRPORT TO 6 MILES WEST OF CHADRON CAMPGROUND TO 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BOX BUTTE CAMPGROUND...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHADRON...RED CLOUD CAMPGROUND...CHADRON AIRPORT...CHADRON CAMPGROUND
AND CHADRON ST PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4247 10326 4272 10320 4300 10322 4300 10279
      4279 10279 4278 10277 4250 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 259DEG 37KT 4296 10317 4273 10314 4252 10320 

$$

COX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 1:48 AM MDTRed Flag WarningCYS16 hr
Aug 5, 11:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSDawes, Sioux43 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.