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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 27, 2016Dawes County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2016, 2:49 PM MDT for Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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 27, 2016, 2:49 PM MDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2016, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Dawes County, NE

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2016-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 397 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 27, 11:51 AM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 11:51 AM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 11:16 AM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1116 AM MDT WED JUL 27 2016

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119-
281730-
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-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-
EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
1116 AM MDT WED JUL 27 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST
WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO WESTERN
NEBRASKA THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG
AND EAST OF THE I25 CORRIDOR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

WYZ104-105-109>115-281730-
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-
1116 AM MDT WED JUL 27 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THIS
AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:49 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
249 PM MDT WED JUL 27 2016

NEZ002-272130-
DAWES NE-
249 PM MDT WED JUL 27 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DAWES COUNTY UNTIL
330 PM MDT...

AT 248 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SMITHWICK...OR 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN HOT SPRINGS...MOVING
SOUTH AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. THIS STORM COULD INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO DAWES COUNTY
WITH LARGER HAIL AND STRONGER WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHADRON AIRPORT.

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 4281 10316 4300 10319 4300 10279 4292 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 344DEG 29KT 4324 10312

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 1:36 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara39 min
Jul 27, 4:14 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse, Niobrara46 min
Jul 27, 5:24 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara51 min
Jul 27, 3:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie38 min
Jul 27, 3:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie26 min
Jul 27, 3:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie38 min
Jul 27, 3:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte50 min
Jul 27, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie27 min
Jul 27, 4:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie52 min
Jul 27, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie24 min
Jul 27, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie51 min
Jul 27, 5:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSLaramie3 hr
Jul 26, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner, Scotts Bluff, Sioux26 min
Jul 26, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes38 min
Jul 26, 6:53 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSDawes15 min
Jul 26, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes31 min
Jul 26, 7:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Dawes39 min
Jul 26, 8:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte27 min
Jul 26, 8:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSSioux38 min
Jul 26, 9:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte45 min
Jul 27, 2:06 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSDawes39 min
Jul 27, 8:31 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCheyenne29 min
Jul 27, 5:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner, Scotts Bluff, Sioux40 min
Jul 27, 5:59 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSBanner, Scotts Bluff, Sioux31 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.