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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 1, 2019Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2019, 2:58 PM MDT for Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2019, 2:58 PM MDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2019, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dawes County, NE, Sioux County, NE

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 305 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 12:00Z on 2019-06-01Temperature 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 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 12:00Z on 2019-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 1, 2:57 PM MDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:57 PM MDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 2:19 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
219 PM MDT Sat Jun 1 2019

NEZ019>021-054-055-096-WYZ106>108-116>119-022030-
Scotts Bluff-Banner-Morrill-Kimball-Cheyenne-South Sioux-
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-
219 PM MDT Sat Jun 1 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of western
Nebraska and southeast Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

Thunderstorms are likely with a few severe storms possible. Hail
up to quarter size is the main threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

Severe storms are expected tomorrow afternoon with the main
threats being large hail and damaging winds. Hail could be up to
tennis ball size in stronger storms.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will be needed Sunday afternoon and evening.

NEZ002-003-095-WYZ101>103-115-022030-
Dawes-Box Butte-North Sioux-Converse County Lower Elevations-
Niobrara County-North Laramie Range-Laramie Valley-
219 PM MDT Sat Jun 1 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of western
Nebraska...east central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A few thunderstorms are possible this afternoon. Severe threat is
low but cannot be ruled out completely. Main concern is hail up to
quarter size.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

Severe thunderstorms are expected Sunday afternoon with the main
threats being large hail and damaging winds. Hail up to tennis
ball size is possible.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will be needed Sunday afternoon and evening.

WYZ104-105-109>114-022030-
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-
219 PM MDT Sat Jun 1 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A few thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. The
severe threat is low for areas west of the Laramie Range.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

Thunderstorms are possible tomorrow afternoon and evening. The
severe threat is low west of the Laramie Range, but hail up to
quarter size cannot be ruled out.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation may be needed Sunday afternoon and evening.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie33 min
May 31, 8:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie31 min
May 31, 9:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte32 min
May 31, 9:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte34 min
Jun 1, 1:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte49 min
Jun 1, 3:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie42 min
Jun 1, 3:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Laramie23 min
Jun 1, 3:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie51 min
Jun 1, 4:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte52 min
Jun 1, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte43 min
Jun 1, 5:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSPlatte40 min
Jun 1, 2:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSSioux44 min
Jun 1, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSioux51 min
Jun 1, 3:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte49 min
Jun 1, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Dawes, Sioux52 min
Jun 1, 4:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte33 min
Jun 1, 5:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.