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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 19, 2020Box Butte County, Dawes County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2020, 8:54 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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: Jul 19, 2020, 8:54 PM MDT (02:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2020, 9:32 PM MDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 19, 4:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 Jul 19, 8:27 PM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 8:27 PM MDT, 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 7:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 7:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
736 PM MDT SUN JUL 19 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     5 N LOST SPRINGS        42.84N 104.92W
07/19/2020                   CONVERSE           WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FUNNEL CLOUD UNDER ROTATING WALL CLOUD LASTED 2-3
            MINUTES.

&&

Local storm report, Jul 19, 8:12 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
812 PM MDT SUN JUL 19 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0749 PM     HAIL             LANCE CREEK             43.02N 104.64W
07/19/2020  E1.75 INCH       NIOBRARA           WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

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RUBIN

Local storm report, Jul 19, 8:16 PM MDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 8:38 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 8:41 PM MDT, 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 6:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Converse, Niobrara	58 min
Jul 19, 6:44 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	CYS	Converse, Niobrara	31 min
Jul 19, 7:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Converse, Niobrara	46 min
Jul 19, 7:24 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	CYS	Niobrara	36 min
Jul 19, 7:57 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	CYS	Niobrara	33 min
Jul 19, 8:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Goshen	42 min
Jul 19, 8:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Goshen, Niobrara	46 min
Jul 19, 8:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	CYS	Goshen, Niobrara	17 min
Jul 19, 8:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Goshen, Niobrara	45 min
Jul 19, 9:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Goshen	51 min
Jul 20, 12:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	26 min
Jul 20, 12:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	24 min
Jul 20, 1:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Albany	30 min
Jul 20, 1:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	33 min
Jul 20, 2:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	33 min
Jul 20, 2:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Converse, Niobrara	52 min
Jul 20, 3:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Converse	45 min
Jul 20, 4:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Converse	48 min
Jul 20, 4:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Converse	18 min
Jul 20, 5:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	40 min
Jul 20, 5:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	47 min
Jul 20, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	46 min
Jul 20, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Converse	44 min
Jul 20, 5:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	49 min
Jul 19, 6:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Box Butte, Dawes, Sioux	58 min
Jul 19, 8:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Box Butte, Dawes	49 min
Jul 19, 9:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Box Butte	44 min
Jul 19, 9:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Sioux	40 min
Jul 20, 4:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Sioux	49 min
Jul 20, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Sioux	49 min
Jul 20, 5:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Box Butte	51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.