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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 14, 2024Cheyenne County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2024, 2:35 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 18 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: Jun 14, 2024, 2:35 PM MDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2024, 2:53 PM MDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cheyenne County, NE

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 14, 2:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.5

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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 Jun 14, 1:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 1:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 2:09 AM MDT, 12 hours 26 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
209 AM MDT Fri Jun 14 2024

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-150815-
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-
209 AM MDT Fri Jun 14 2024

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

.DAY ONE...FRIDAY

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across the high
plains of southeast Wyoming and the western Nebraska Panhandle on
Friday. Torrential rainfall and the potential for flash flooding
will be the primary concern. However, large hail and damaging
winds will be possible with any storms developing early in the
afternoon prior to storm mergers.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

Daily chances for showers and thunderstorms will be possible
across the area.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotters are encouraged to report severe weather to the National
Weather Service in Cheyenne.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:56 AM MDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
1156 AM MDT Fri Jun 14 2024

NEZ020-054-141830-
Kimball NE-Banner NE-
1156 AM MDT Fri Jun 14 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL KIMBALL AND SOUTHEASTERN
BANNER COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 PM MDT...

At 1156 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles northeast of Oliver Reservoir to near
Panorama Point. Movement was northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Kimball, Bushnell, Oliver Reservoir, Kimball Municipal Airport,
Panorama Point, Oliver Reservoir Campground, and Kimball County
Fairgrounds.

This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 6 and
24.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4107 10405 4140 10380 4150 10353 4150 10337
      4106 10372 4100 10398 4100 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 230DEG 19KT 4131 10375 4109 10399

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Brothers

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:15 PM MDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:18 PM MDT, 17 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
Jun 13, 7:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Converse	26 min
Jun 14, 2:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	27 min
Jun 14, 11:56 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Kimball	34 min
Jun 14, 12:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Banner, Kimball	34 min
Jun 14, 1:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Cheyenne	34 min
Jun 14, 2:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Cheyenne	30 min
Jun 14, 2:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Sioux	36 min
Jun 14, 2:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Sioux	40 min
Jun 14, 2:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Banner	35 min
Jun 14, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Cheyenne	33 min
Jun 14, 3:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Scotts Bluff	27 min
Jun 14, 3:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Sioux	23 min
Jun 14, 3:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Banner	26 min
Jun 14, 3:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Cheyenne, Morrill	51 min
Jun 14, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Banner	34 min
Jun 14, 4:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Morrill	36 min
Jun 14, 4:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Banner	30 min
Jun 14, 4:40 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	CYS	Cheyenne	4 hr
Jun 14, 4:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Cheyenne	23 min
Jun 14, 5:52 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	CYS	Cheyenne	3 hr

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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.