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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY

April 19, 2017Dawes County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2017, 1:11 AM MDT for Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 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
Apr 19, 2017, 1:11 AM MDT (07:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2017, 2:00 AM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Dawes County, NE

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2017-04-19Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2017-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

365 
WUUS55 KCYS 190711
SVRCYS
NEC045-190800-
/O.NEW.KCYS.SV.W.0002.170419T0711Z-170419T0800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
111 AM MDT WED APR 19 2017

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Dawes County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...

* Until 200 AM MDT

* At 111 AM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chadron
  Campground, or 10 miles southwest of Chadron, moving northeast at
  20 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Chadron, Red Cloud Campground, Chadron Airport, Chadron Campground
  and Chadron St Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4258 10311 4270 10328 4300 10298 4300 10293
      4291 10279 4278 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 223DEG 18KT 4270 10313 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Levin
1 follow-up statement
322 
WWUS55 KCYS 190752
SVSCYS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
152 AM MDT WED APR 19 2017

NEC045-190802-
/O.EXP.KCYS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170419T0800Z/
Dawes NE-
152 AM MDT WED APR 19 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DAWES COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 200 AM MDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. 

LAT...LON 4258 10311 4270 10328 4300 10298 4300 10293
      4291 10279 4278 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 0752Z 223DEG 18KT 4284 10295 

$$

Levin

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 11:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSSioux37 min
Apr 18, 11:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSDawes48 min
Apr 19, 12:28 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes32 min
Apr 19, 1:02 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSDawes43 min

Nearby

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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.