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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 14, 2021Dawes County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2021, 6:29 PM MDT for Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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 14, 2021, 6:29 PM MDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Dawes County, NE

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 14, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2285 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

As transmitted.

040 
WUUS55 KCYS 150029
SVRCYS
NEC045-150115-
/O.NEW.KCYS.SV.W.0126.210815T0029Z-210815T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
629 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Dawes County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...

* Until 715 PM MDT.

* At 628 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Oelrichs, or
  21 miles northwest of Chadron, moving south/southeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Chadron and Chadron Airport. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Cheyenne.

&&

LAT...LON 4279 10338 4300 10336 4300 10300 4285 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 340DEG 19KT 4309 10323 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MD/GCC

1 follow-up statement

496 
WWUS55 KCYS 150055
SVSCYS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
655 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021

NEC045-150115-
/O.CON.KCYS.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-210815T0115Z/
Dawes NE-
655 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR NORTHERN DAWES COUNTY...

At 655 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles south of
Oelrichs, or 17 miles northwest of Chadron, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Chadron and Chadron Airport. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Cheyenne.

&&

LAT...LON 4279 10338 4300 10336 4300 10300 4285 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 346DEG 16KT 4300 10324 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MD/GCC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 14, 6:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CYS	Box Butte, Morrill	39 min
Aug 14, 7:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Dawes	34 min
Aug 14, 7:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CYS	Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill	41 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.