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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2016, 10:03 PM MDT for Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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 3, 2016, 10:03 PM MDT (04:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2016, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
County Morrill County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 252 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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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 3, 6:03 PM MDT, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:03 PM MDT, 4 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 10:19 AM MDT, 11 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1019 AM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016 WYZ101-103>107-109>118-041630- 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- 1019 AM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE SOUTHEAST WYOMING MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY ASSOCIATED HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY. WHILE A WIDESPREAD EPISODE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS NOT EXPECTED, A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY. HOT...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL ELEVATE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ102-108-119-041630- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-NIOBRARA COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- 1019 AM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF PANHANDLE NEBRASKA...EAST CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY ASSOCIATED HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY. WHILE A WIDESPREAD EPISODE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS NOT EXPECTED, A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH ON INDEPENDENCE DAY. HOT TEMPERATURES RETURN THIS WEEK WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES RISING TO THE MID TO UPPER 90S AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:10 PM MDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 410 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016 NEZ021-055-032300- MORRILL NE-CHEYENNE NE- 410 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE AND SOUTH CENTRAL MORRILL COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM MDT... AT 409 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF COURT HOUSE AND JAIL ROCKS...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF SIDNEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DALTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CHEYENNE. && LAT...LON 4147 10321 4157 10312 4146 10285 4132 10302 TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 306DEG 8KT 4148 10311 HAMMER
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:21 PM MDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 421 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016 WYZ104-105-109>115-040200- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOE DAM...MEDICINE BOW... SHIRLEY BASIN...RAWLINS...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BAGGS... SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...BOSLER...LARAMIE 421 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. CLH
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:00 PM MDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
500 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016
NEZ002-032330-
DAWES NE-
500 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DAWES COUNTY UNTIL
530 PM MDT...
AT 500 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTH OF CHADRON AIRPORT...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF
CHADRON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN DAWES
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN CHEYENNE.
&&
LAT...LON 4294 10316 4300 10314 4300 10279 4288 10280
4289 10283
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 284DEG 18KT 4298 10305
HAMMERSpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 10:03 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 4:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 5:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 39 min |
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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.