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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 14, 2024Dawes County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2024, 2:41 PM MDT for Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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
May 14, 2024, 2:41 PM MDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2024, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dawes County, NE

The radar

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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 May 14, 11:40 AM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 11:40 AM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 1:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
122 PM MDT Tue May 14 2024

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-151930-
Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-
Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County-
Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County-
Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County-
North Laramie Range-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-
Shirley Basin-Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-
East Platte County-Goshen County-Central Carbon County-
North Snowy Range Foothills-Southwest Carbon County-
Sierra Madre Range-Upper North Platte River Basin-Snowy Range-
Laramie Valley-South Laramie Range-South Laramie Range Foothills-
Central Laramie County-East Laramie County-
122 PM MDT Tue May 14 2024

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle
Nebraska...east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and
southeast Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

Scattered showers and thunderstorms possible this afternoon and
through the overnight. Gusty winds and small hail will be
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

Showers and storms continue into the day on Wednesday, with storms
dissipating by evening. Conditions dry out later in the week.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 10:05 AM MDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 14, 2:36 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
236 PM MDT Tue May 14 2024

NEZ002-142100-
Dawes NE-
236 PM MDT Tue May 14 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN DAWES COUNTY
THROUGH 300 PM MDT...

At 236 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles north of Chadron Municipal Airport, or 9 miles north of
Chadron, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Dawes
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4287 10309 4298 10326 4301 10321 4300 10280
      4299 10279 4288 10280 4288 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 246DEG 25KT 4295 10307

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Natoli

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSSioux32 min
May 14, 2:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSDawes24 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.