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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 4, 2019Banner County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2019, 2:39 PM MDT for Banner County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 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
Aug 4, 2019, 2:39 PM MDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2019, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Banner County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 281 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 2019-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 286 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 2019-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
286 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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 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 4, 1:57 PM MDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 1:57 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 3:39 AM MDT, 11 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
339 AM MDT Sun Aug 4 2019

WYZ103>107-109>118-050945-
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-
339 AM MDT Sun Aug 4 2019

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

General, non-severe thunderstorms possible this afternoon into the
early evening. Small hail and brief gusty winds be main concern.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

General thunderstorm to marginal risk of severe weather possible
over the next couple days with hail, winds, and heavy rainfall
biggest concerns.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotters are encouraged to report their precipitation, wind
damage, and/or hail to the National Weather Service Office in
Cheyenne, Wyoming.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101-102-108-119-050945-
Dawes-Box Butte-Scotts Bluff-Banner-Morrill-Kimball-Cheyenne-
North Sioux-South Sioux-Converse County Lower Elevations-
Niobrara County-Goshen County-East Laramie County-
339 AM MDT Sun Aug 4 2019

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Strong to severe thunderstorms possible late afternoon into the
evening. Strong, damaging winds, large hail and locally heavy rain
are the main threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

General thunderstorm to marginal risk of severe weather possible
over the next couple days with hail, winds, and heavy rainfall
biggest concerns.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotters are encouraged to report their precipitation, wind
damage, and/or hail to the National Weather Service Office in
Cheyenne, Wyoming.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 12:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 6:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte38 min
Aug 3, 6:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie45 min
Aug 3, 8:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara39 min
Aug 3, 8:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara62 min
Aug 3, 8:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSNiobrara42 min
Aug 3, 9:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSNiobrara32 min
Aug 4, 12:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie50 min
Aug 4, 2:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte22 min
Aug 4, 3:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSDawes44 min
Aug 4, 3:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSDawes43 min
Aug 4, 3:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte41 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Nebraska, 2019Every special weather statement 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.