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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 7, 2026Box Butte County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2026, 3:13 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 7, 2026, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2026, 3:45 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

County Box Butte County, NE

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 7, 2:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 2:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 7, 1:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:15 PM MDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:13 PM MDT, 0 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
Jul 6, 6:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	30 min
Jul 7, 1:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	30 min
Jul 7, 1:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	29 min
Jul 7, 1:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Laramie	42 min
Jul 6, 6:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Dawes	34 min
Jul 6, 6:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Morrill	49 min
Jul 6, 6:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Dawes	37 min
Jul 6, 7:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Dawes	34 min
Jul 6, 7:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Morrill	43 min
Jul 7, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Dawes	24 min
Jul 7, 1:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Dawes	18 min
Jul 7, 2:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Dawes	20 min
Jul 7, 2:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Scotts Bluff	30 min
Jul 7, 3:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Box Butte	29 min
Jul 7, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Box Butte	34 min
Jul 7, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Kimball	24 min
Jul 7, 4:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Morrill	36 min
Jul 7, 4:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Cheyenne	48 min
Jul 7, 5:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Cheyenne	48 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.