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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 6, 2018Kimball County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2018, 12:41 AM MDT for Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2018, 12:41 AM MDT (06:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2018, 1:15 AM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Kimball County, NE

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2018-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 529 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2018-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 Aug 5, 6:20 PM MDT, 6 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 6:20 PM MDT, 6 hours 21 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
620 PM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018

.UPDATE...
Issued at 601 PM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018

The Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been allowed to expire at 5pm
this evening as overall storm strength has decreased over the past
hour. However, some strong storms remain ongoing across southeast
Wyoming at this time and will shift into Nebraska through 10-11pm
this evening. Pea to isolated quarter hail and wind gusts of 40 to
60 mph will remain possible through the mid to late evening hours.

Atmosphere is becoming more worked over from previous convection
and overall instability is decreasing. None-the-less, more than
supportive wind shear and divergence aloft will aid sustained
updrafts far east WY and into the NE Panhandle. Storm coverage and
strength will diminish fully by late this evening and as storms
exit east into central Nebraska.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Monday)
Issued at 257 PM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018

Another active afternoon into the early evening today with
scattered showers and isolated stronger thunderstorms moving
southeastward across the southern half of the forecast area. We
will continue with Severe Thunderstorm Watch number 329 as posted
with the potential of more additional strong to severe storms
developing west of I-25 moving eastward through late afternoon.
This activity continues to generate ahead of a shortwave moving
east out of northern Utah this afternoon, with a general downward
trend on thunderstorm strength expected in the early evening as
the midlevel dynamics start to pull east and we start losing
instability along and just north of the Colorado border. We keep
chance PoPs going for the northern zones into the Nebraska
Panhandle into the early evening, with small PoPs overnight.

Not much in the way of forcing for tomorrow for strong storms.
The weak quasi-stationary boundary stretched roughly along the
Wyoming/Colorado border late today will surge southeastward along
the foothills tonight as the shortwave pulls east of our area.
Most of any synoptic scale forcing for organized severe storms
will be to our east and southeast by tomorrow...although we do
expect to see a few afternoon showers and thunderstorms develop
over the higher terrain west of I-25 by early afternoon spreading
east onto the high plains in the afternoon hours.

.LONG TERM...(Monday night through Sunday)
Issued at 257 PM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018

We are still looking at a gradually warmer and drier period of
weather mid to late week as upper-level ridging builds across the
western CONUS keeping the main track of mid/upper energy to our
north. As midnight shift stated, an occasional disturbance passing
over the northeast side of the ridge could yield a short term
convective risk from time to time, but we still do not expect to
see any organized precipitation chances through the extended
forecast period.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Monday evening)
Issued at 601 PM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018

Ongoing TSRA near KCYS and points east towards KBFF/KAIA/KSNY
where local pockets of MVFR and IFR visibilities are likely with
the stronger storm activity. Highest storm tops are to near FL350
and could cause enhanced turbulence throughout the atmospheric
column. TSRA will be near KSNY near 01-02Z with -TSRA near KBFF
and KAIA next few hours as well. All areas will be clear of the
TSRA activity by 04Z with VFR conditions expected through the
morning hours. Another, but more limited round of TSRA is likely
Monday in the late afternoon near KCYS and points east into the NE
Panhandle.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 257 PM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018

Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will persist into the
evening hours before diminishing. Fire weather concerns are
minimal through mid week. Warmer and drier weather returns Tuesday
onward. Relative humidity values will drop to around 15 percent
across western Carbon county Monday through Wednesday, but winds
will remain generally light.

&&

.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...None.
NE...None.
&&

UPDATE...JSA
SHORT TERM...JG
LONG TERM...JG
AVIATION...JSA
FIRE WEATHER...JG
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 7:38 AM MDT, 17 hours 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
738 AM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018

WYZ101>119-061345-
Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County-
North Laramie Range-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-
Shirley Basin-Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-
East Platte County-Goshen 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-
738 AM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018

This hazardous weather outlook is for southeast Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Showers and thunderstorms are expected through the day today, with
thunderstorms possibly becoming strong to severe in the afternoon.
Large hail and damaging winds are possible with any thunderstorms
this afternoon and this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

There is a slight chance of thunderstorms early in the week across
far southern Wyoming along the Interstate 80 corridor. Otherwise,
drier weather is expected for the rest of the week.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be required at this time.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-061345-
Dawes-Box Butte-Scotts Bluff-Banner-Morrill-Kimball-Cheyenne-
North Sioux-South Sioux-
738 AM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of western
Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Showers and thunderstorms are expected through the day today, with
thunderstorms possibly becoming strong to severe late in the
afternoon. Large hail and damaging winds are possible with any
thunderstorms through this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be required at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:33 PM MDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
733 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2018

NEZ002-060215-
Dawes NE-
733 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2018

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

At 732 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Slim Butte, or 11 miles west of Pine Ridge, moving northeast at 30
mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Dawes
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4300 10294 4300 10279 4294 10279 4294 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 211DEG 27KT 4302 10279

Braun
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 8:32 PM MDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
832 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2018

WYZ116>118-060315-
South Laramie Range WY-Central Laramie County WY-
South Laramie Range Foothills WY-
832 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LARAMIE COUNTY UNTIL
915 PM MDT...

At 832 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Horse Creek, or 23 miles east of Laramie, moving east at 35 mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Whitaker and Horse Creek.

This includes Interstate 25 in Wyoming between mile markers 24 and
41.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4132 10525 4150 10527 4162 10466 4157 10466
      4132 10452
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 260DEG 31KT 4143 10516

Braun
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 9:54 PM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 6:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara29 min
Aug 5, 6:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara40 min
Aug 5, 8:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie43 min
Aug 6, 12:21 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie24 min
Aug 6, 1:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie39 min
Aug 6, 1:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie47 min
Aug 6, 2:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie43 min
Aug 6, 2:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie41 min
Aug 6, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie48 min
Aug 6, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse46 min
Aug 6, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse, Niobrara, Platte33 min
Aug 6, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Platte16 min
Aug 5, 6:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBanner25 min
Aug 5, 6:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSKimball45 min
Aug 5, 7:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne, Kimball36 min
Aug 5, 7:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSDawes42 min
Aug 5, 9:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSDawes51 min
Aug 6, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Sioux49 min
Aug 6, 3:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte50 min
Aug 6, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Morrill49 min
Aug 6, 4:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSMorrill42 min
Aug 6, 5:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSMorrill26 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.