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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 277, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 13, 2023Morrill County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2023, 11:44 PM MDT for Morrill County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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
Jul 13, 2023, 11:44 PM MDT (05:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2023, 12:15 AM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 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 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 241 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 00:00Z on 2023-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 551 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 00:00Z on 2023-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
551 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 Jul 13, 11:02 PM MDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 11:02 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 6:12 PM MDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 13, 6:39 PM MDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:14 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:26 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 1:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte40 min
Jul 14, 1:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte33 min
Jul 14, 2:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse38 min
Jul 14, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse30 min
Jul 14, 2:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie38 min
Jul 14, 2:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte27 min
Jul 14, 2:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSPlatte42 min
Jul 14, 2:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse37 min
Jul 14, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSPlatte27 min
Jul 14, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie31 min
Jul 14, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Platte27 min
Jul 14, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie30 min
Jul 14, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSGoshen28 min
Jul 14, 4:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie37 min
Jul 14, 4:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse33 min
Jul 14, 4:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse20 min
Jul 14, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie28 min
Jul 14, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSAlbany, Converse, Platte34 min
Jul 13, 11:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSMorrill31 min
Jul 13, 11:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSMorrill19 min
Jul 13, 11:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSMorrill24 min
Jul 13, 11:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSMorrill31 min
Jul 14, 12:16 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSMorrill29 min
Jul 14, 12:17 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSMorrill, Scotts Bluff28 min
Jul 14, 3:42 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSDawes33 min
Jul 14, 4:16 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte29 min
Jul 14, 6:44 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte31 min
Jul 14, 3:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSKimball36 min
Jul 14, 4:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSKimball28 min
Jul 14, 5:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCheyenne34 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.