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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 16, 2025Box Butte County, Dawes County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2025, 7:11 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 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: Aug 16, 2025, 7:11 PM MDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2025, 7:35 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Box Butte County, NE, 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 6:26 PM MDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 6:58 PM MDT, 13 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
Aug 16, 8:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	29 min
Aug 16, 8:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	31 min
Aug 16, 6:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Dawes	34 min
Aug 16, 6:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Dawes	47 min
Aug 16, 7:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Dawes	30 min

Nearby

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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.