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Areal Flood Advisory 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 9, 2021Box Butte County, Morrill County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 9, 2021, 5:49 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2021, 5:49 PM MDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 8:19 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Box Butte County, NE, Morrill County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 93 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
93 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-824 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 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 areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jul 9, 5:27 PM MDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 5:27 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 1:42 PM MDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
142 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101-102-107-108-119-101945-
Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-
Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County-
Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County-
Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County-
East Platte County-Goshen County-East Laramie County-
142 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SPC has issued a Marginal to Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms.
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms this afternoon
into overnight hours with some thunderstorms being strong to
severe with gusty, erratic winds, large hail, and heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

Scattered showers and thunderstorms possible on Tuesday through
Thursday.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation may be needed. Spotters are encouraged to
issue all reports to the National Weather Service Cheyenne office.

WYZ105-111-112-114-115-101945-
Shirley Basin-Southwest Carbon County-Sierra Madre Range-
Snowy Range-Laramie Valley-
142 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

Elevated fire weather concerns through the afternoon for low
humidity and gusty winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

WYZ104-109-110-113-101945-
Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-Central Carbon County-
North Snowy Range Foothills-Upper North Platte River Basin-
142 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

Red Flag Warning in effect through 8 PM MDT today for gusty winds
and low humidity.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

WYZ103-106-116>118-101945-
North Laramie Range-
Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-
South Laramie Range-South Laramie Range Foothills-
Central Laramie County-
142 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast
Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

Scattered showers and thunderstorms possible on Tuesday through
Thursday.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 4:49 PM MDT, 1 hour before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 1:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie29 min
Jul 9, 1:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie32 min
Jul 9, 2:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie40 min
Jul 9, 2:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie31 min
Jul 9, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie39 min
Jul 9, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill47 min
Jul 9, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSSioux28 min
Jul 9, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne, Kimball42 min
Jul 9, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes, Sioux36 min
Jul 9, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Dawes, Sioux45 min
Jul 9, 5:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Dawes52 min
Jul 9, 5:42 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSBox Butte33 min
Jul 9, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Morrill47 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.