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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 17, 2024Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2024, 5:35 PM MDT for Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 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 17, 2024, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2024, 6:12 PM MDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Dawes County, NE, Sioux 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 17, 5:27 PM MDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 5:27 PM MDT, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 17, 4:38 PM MDT, 57 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
438 PM MDT Fri May 17 2024

WYZ110-112>116-172330-
South Laramie Range WY-Sierra Madre Range WY-
Upper North Platte River Basin WY-North Snowy Range Foothills WY-
Laramie Valley WY-Snowy Range WY-
438 PM MDT Fri May 17 2024

...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CARBON AND SOUTHERN ALBANY
COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM MDT...

At 437 PM MDT, the public reported gusty showers along a line
extending from near North Fork Campground to near Pearl. Movement was
east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Public.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Albany, West Laramie, Antelope Buttes, Nine Mile, Six Mile
Campground, Pelton Creek Campground, Brooklyn Lake Campground, Woods
Landing-Jelm, Rambler, Pickaroon Campground, Nash Fork Campground,
Platte River Wilderness, Keystone, Boswell Creek Campground, Laramie
Regional Airport, Wold, Rob Roy Reservoir, Lake Owen, Bobbie Thompson
Campground, and French Creek Campground.

This includes Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 279 and
310.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4100 10672 4156 10623 4153 10549 4099 10583
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 266DEG 47KT 4140 10618 4100 10649

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Natoli

Local storm report, May 17, 4:41 PM MDT, 54 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
441 PM MDT Fri May 17 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0416 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 8 S Sibley Peak         42.32N 105.05W
05/17/2024  M72 MPH          Platte             WY   Dept of Highways

            Mesonet station WY1 8.4 S Sibley Peak
            (WYDOT).

&&

Local storm report, May 17, 4:42 PM MDT, 53 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
442 PM MDT Fri May 17 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0436 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst Skyline                 41.14N 106.58W
05/17/2024  M70 MPH          Carbon             WY   Dept of Highways

            Mesonet station KSKL Skyline (WYDOT).

&&

Special weather statement, May 17, 4:45 PM MDT, 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
445 PM MDT Fri May 17 2024

WYZ103-105>107-110-114>116-172330-
East Platte County WY-Shirley Basin WY-South Laramie Range WY-
Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County WY-
North Snowy Range Foothills WY-North Laramie Range WY-
Laramie Valley WY-Snowy Range WY-
445 PM MDT Fri May 17 2024

...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL CARBON...EAST CENTRAL
ALBANY...NORTHWESTERN LARAMIE AND SOUTHWESTERN PLATTE COUNTIES
THROUGH 530 PM MDT...

At 445 PM MDT, the public reported gusty showers along a line
extending from 6 miles northeast of Flying X Ranch to near Rock
River. Movement was east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Public.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Rock River, Bosler, Baldy Peak, Bordeaux, McFadden, Wheatland
Reservoir Number 3, Flying X Ranch, Sybille Canyon, Arlington, and
Slater.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 in Wyoming between mile markers 66 and 73.
 Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 265 and 280.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4191 10482 4152 10550 4155 10636 4180 10630
      4214 10537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 265DEG 45KT 4194 10529 4169 10603

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Natoli

Local storm report, May 17, 5:26 PM MDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 5:27 PM MDT, 8 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
May 17, 3:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Albany, Carbon	48 min
May 17, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	49 min
May 17, 4:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Albany	52 min
May 17, 4:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Albany	45 min
May 17, 5:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Box Butte	38 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.