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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 17, 2023Dawes County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2023, 8:20 PM MDT for Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 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 17, 2023, 8:20 PM MDT (02:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2023, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Dawes County, NE

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 17, 5:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 6:11 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 6:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 7:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 6:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	49 min
Jul 17, 6:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CYS	Albany, Carbon	26 min
Jul 17, 6:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Goshen, Niobrara	26 min
Jul 17, 7:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Goshen, Niobrara	32 min
Jul 18, 4:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Goshen	43 min
Jul 18, 4:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Converse	41 min
Jul 18, 4:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Albany	51 min
Jul 18, 4:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	50 min
Jul 17, 7:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Kimball	46 min
Jul 18, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Cheyenne	41 min
Jul 18, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Cheyenne	36 min
Jul 18, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Scotts Bluff	51 min
Jul 18, 5:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Sioux	42 min
Jul 18, 5:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Sioux	41 min
Jul 18, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Dawes, Sioux	59 min
Jul 18, 5:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Morrill, Scotts Bluff	42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.