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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 26, 2021Box Butte County, Dawes County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2021, 9:42 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2021, 9:42 PM MDT (03:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 10:30 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 9:52 PM MDTHAIL 0.7Hemingford, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1372 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
1372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

As transmitted.

535 
WUUS55 KCYS 270342
SVRCYS
NEC013-045-270430-
/O.NEW.KCYS.SV.W.0134.210827T0342Z-210827T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
942 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a

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

* Until 1030 PM MDT.

* At 942 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hemingford,
  or 20 miles northwest of Alliance, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Hemingford, Wild Horse Butte, Box Butte Campground, Berea and Box
  Butte Dam.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4211 10315 4239 10333 4261 10278 4260 10277
      4245 10277 4244 10275 4230 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 240DEG 25KT 4231 10316 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Mokry
1 follow-up statement
967 
WWUS55 KCYS 270420
SVSCYS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
1020 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

NEC013-045-270430-
/O.EXP.KCYS.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-210827T0430Z/
Box Butte NE-Dawes NE-
1020 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BOX BUTTE AND
SOUTHEASTERN DAWES COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM MDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4211 10315 4239 10333 4261 10278 4260 10277
      4245 10277 4244 10275 4230 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 240DEG 25KT 4244 10286 

$$

Mokry

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 9:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.