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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 13, 2025Box Butte County, Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2025, 6:12 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 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 13, 2025, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2025, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 63 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, Sioux County, NE

The radar

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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
Jun 13, 1:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 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.

NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 5:28 PM MDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 5:28 PM MDT, 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 2:50 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
250 PM MDT Fri Jun 13 2025

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-142100-
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-
250 PM MDT Fri Jun 13 2025

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

- Thunderstorm threat continues through the weekend, with a
  daily risk of strong to severe activity expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

- Temperatures notably above average this weekend with highs 5
  to 10 degrees warmer than normal.

- Strong to severe thunderstorms continue into next week with a
  quick cool-off to bring us back to near normal before heating
  back to well above normal late next week.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotters are encourage to report severe weather to the NWS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:31 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:53 PM MDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
353 PM MDT Fri Jun 13 2025

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

0351 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     Glendo                  42.50N 105.02W
06/13/2025  M60 MPH          Platte             WY   CO-OP Observer

            Observer reported nickel sized hail and wind
            gusts of 60 mph.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
501 PM MDT Fri Jun 13 2025

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

0458 PM     Hail             3 NE Melbeta            41.81N 103.48W
06/13/2025  M1.00 Inch       Scotts Bluff       NE   Storm Chaser

            MPing report from a storm chaser via the
            spotter network of 1.0in hail near Melbeta,
            NE.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:30 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
530 PM MDT Fri Jun 13 2025

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

0523 PM     Hail             20 SE Harrison          42.48N 103.60W
06/13/2025  M1.00 Inch       Sioux              NE   Trained Spotter

            Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail
            in Sioux County.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:55 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, 6:31 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	CYS	Banner, Cheyenne, Morrill	29 min
Jun 13, 6:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Banner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill	65 min
Jun 13, 7:10 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	CYS	Cheyenne	35 min
Jun 13, 7:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	CYS	Cheyenne	29 min
Jun 13, 7:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Dawes	23 min
Jun 13, 7:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill	67 min
Jun 13, 8:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Cheyenne, Morrill	28 min
Jun 14, 5:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Cheyenne, Kimball	54 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.