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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 13, 2021Box Butte County, Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 5:50 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska. It was in force for 55 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 13, 2021, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Sioux County, NE

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 6:17 PM MDTHAIL 17 Se Crawford, NE
Jun 13, 6:28 PM MDTHAIL 110 S Fort Robinson, NE

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 3:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-354 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

114 
WUUS55 KCYS 132350
SVRCYS
NEC013-045-165-140045-
/O.NEW.KCYS.SV.W.0052.210613T2350Z-210614T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
550 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Box Butte County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...
  Southern Dawes County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...
  Northeastern Sioux County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...

* Until 645 PM MDT.

* At 549 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 miles northwest of Fort Robinson Campground to 9
  miles north of Box Butte Campground, moving north at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Red Cloud Campground around 625 PM MDT.
  Chadron Campground around 630 PM MDT.
  Montrose around 645 PM MDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Whitney, Fort Robinson, Marsland and Chadron St Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4293 10375 4273 10288 4234 10308 4249 10384
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 160DEG 8KT 4274 10367 4259 10312 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Rubin
2 follow-up statements
926 
WWUS55 KCYS 140010
SVSCYS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
610 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

NEC013-045-165-140045-
/O.CON.KCYS.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-210614T0045Z/
Box Butte NE-Dawes NE-Sioux NE-
610 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BOX BUTTE...SOUTHERN DAWES AND NORTHEASTERN SIOUX
COUNTIES...

At 610 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles west of Fort Robinson Campground to 8 miles
north of Box Butte Campground, and are nearly stationary.
 
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe storms will be near...
  Fort Robinson Campground and Red Cloud Campground around 700 PM 
  MDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Whitney, Fort Robinson, Marsland and Chadron St Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4293 10375 4273 10288 4234 10308 4249 10384
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 265DEG 3KT 4266 10366 4258 10311 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Rubin
146 
WWUS55 KCYS 140027
SVSCYS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
627 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

NEC013-045-165-140045-
/O.CON.KCYS.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-210614T0045Z/
Box Butte NE-Dawes NE-Sioux NE-
627 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BOX BUTTE...SOUTHERN DAWES AND NORTHEASTERN SIOUX
COUNTIES...

At 627 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles southeast of Harrison to 12 miles south of
Crawford, moving north at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe storms will be near...
  Crawford and Fort Robinson Campground around 705 PM MDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Whitney, Fort Robinson, Marsland and Chadron St Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4293 10375 4273 10288 4234 10308 4249 10384
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 159DEG 18KT 4258 10378 4251 10342 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Rubin

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSScotts Bluff, Sioux47 min
Jun 13, 5:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSDawes44 min
Jun 13, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSScotts Bluff, Sioux47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.