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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2020, 6:02 PM MDT for Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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
- Aug 8, 2020, 6:02 PM MDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2020, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Dawes County, NE
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1865 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
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 Aug 8, 5:57 PM MDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 5:57 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 3:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 343 PM MDT Sat Aug 8 2020 WYZ104-105-109>115-092145- 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-Laramie Valley- 343 PM MDT Sat Aug 8 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT Gusty winds and low afternoon humidity will lead to increased fire danger across parts of Carbon County. A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 8 PM this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY Critical fire weather conditions can be expected on a daily basis through next week. A Red Flag Warning is in effect from 9 AM through 8 PM Sunday. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be required. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119- 092145- Dawes-Box Butte-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-Morrill- Kimball County-Cheyenne-North Sioux-South Sioux- Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County- North Laramie Range- 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- 343 PM MDT Sat Aug 8 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for the western Nebraska Panhandle...east central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will develop east of the Laramie Range this afternoon and move east into the Nebraska Panhandle through early evening. Some of these storms could become severe with large hail and damaging downburst winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms will be possible each day east of the Laramie Range Monday through Wednesday. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation may be required across the eastern Wyoming plains and western Nebraska Panhandle between 4 PM and 8 PM this evening.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 407 PM MDT Sat Aug 8 2020 NEZ095-WYZ102-108-082245- North Sioux NE-Goshen County WY-Niobrara County WY- 407 PM MDT Sat Aug 8 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL SIOUX...SOUTHEASTERN NIOBRARA AND NORTHEASTERN GOSHEN COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT... At 407 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Prairie Center, or 17 miles southeast of Lusk, moving east at 25 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Prairie Center and Van Tassell. 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 4257 10441 4274 10433 4270 10389 4244 10401 TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 289DEG 21KT 4261 10419 Wills
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 425 PM MDT Sat Aug 8 2020 NEZ095-096-WYZ108-082300- North Sioux NE-South Sioux NE-Goshen County WY- 425 PM MDT Sat Aug 8 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SIOUX AND NORTHEASTERN GOSHEN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM MDT... At 424 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles south of Harrison, or 29 miles southeast of Lusk, moving east at 35 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Agate Bed National Monument. LAT...LON 4248 10409 4266 10402 4257 10349 4231 10360 TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 287DEG 30KT 4255 10395 Wills
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
429 PM MDT Sat Aug 8 2020
WYZ102-082315-
Niobrara County WY-
429 PM MDT Sat Aug 8 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN NIOBRARA COUNTY
UNTIL 515 PM MDT...
At 428 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles south of Morrisey, or 31 miles southwest of Newcastle, moving
east at 25 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Mule Creek Junction.
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.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 4320 10405 4332 10458 4350 10457 4351 10419
4350 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 278DEG 24KT 4343 10446
WillsLocal storm report, Aug 8, 5:14 PM MDT, 48 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 1:33 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | CYS | 13 hr | |
| Aug 9, 2:32 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | CYS | 29 hr | |
| Aug 8, 6:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 18 min |
| Aug 8, 6:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 19 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.