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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 18, 2025Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 2025, 7:59 PM MDT for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 18 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2025, 7:59 PM MDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2025, 8:17 PM MDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Scotts Bluff County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 18, 8:10 PM MDT	HAIL 1.5	2 Ssw Gering, NE
Jul 18, 8:11 PM MDT	HAIL 1	Gering, NE
Jul 18, 8:22 PM MDT	HAIL 1	2 W Melbeta, NE	Estimated 65 mph wind gust.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 260 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: 366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

082 
WFUS55 KCYS 190159
TORCYS
NEC157-190230-
/O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0013.250719T0159Z-250719T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
759 PM MDT Fri Jul 18 2025

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Scotts Bluff County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...

* Until 830 PM MDT.

* At 759 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Scotts Bluff National Monument, or near
  Scottsbluff, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Scottsbluff, Gering, Terrytown, and Scotts Bluff National Monument 
  around 805 PM MDT.
  Melbeta around 815 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 4181 10382 4186 10381 4185 10350 4173 10353
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 277DEG 26KT 4184 10375 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN

$$

Trudel

1 follow-up statement

932 
WWUS55 KCYS 190217
SVSCYS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
817 PM MDT Fri Jul 18 2025

NEC157-190227-
/O.CAN.KCYS.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250719T0230Z/
Scotts Bluff NE-
817 PM MDT Fri Jul 18 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

&&

LAT...LON 4181 10382 4186 10381 4185 10350 4173 10353
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 277DEG 26KT 4182 10357 

$$

Trudel

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Scotts Bluff, Sioux	32 min
Jul 18, 6:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Scotts Bluff	33 min
Jul 18, 7:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CYS	Scotts Bluff	23 min
Jul 18, 7:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Scotts Bluff	33 min
Jul 18, 8:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Banner, Morrill, Scotts Bluff	26 min
Jul 18, 11:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Banner, Morrill	49 min
Jul 19, 12:07 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Morrill	40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.