Severe thunderstorms produced hail, strong winds and some flash flooding over parts of the western Nebraska panhandle.
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The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms produced hail, strong winds and some flash flooding over parts of the western Nebraska panhandle.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 22, 2:05 PM MST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 305 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2008 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THRU THU...VERY MOIST AIRMASS OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA EAST OF THE MTNS. SVR TSTM WATCH OUT THRU 9 PM. TAIL END OF UPPER TROF EJECTING NE ACROSS ID INTO MT WILL BRUSH MAINLY WRN WY TNGT. ENOUGH RESIDUAL MSTR AROUND OVER REST OF AREA FOR SCT TSTMS THIS EVENG. MID LVL MSTR LINGERS OVER REGION INTO WED/WED NIGHT FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF TSTMS. LOW LEVEL MSTR TO LINGER OVER THE ERN SXNS...WITH PERHAPS SOME MORE LOW CLOUDS DEVELPG LATE TNGT INTO EARLY WED MRNG. THINGS START TO DRY OUT FROM THE W ON THU AS MID LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE W. .LONG TERM...THU NIGHT THRU TUE...ANOTHER UPPER TROF MOVG E ACROSS MT INTO ND WILL BRING A WEAK FRONT DOWN INTO THE AREA THU NIGHT FOR PERHAPS A LITTLE BETTER CHC OF TSTMS. UPPER RIDGE THEN REBUILDS OVER AREA WITH PERHAPS A LULL IN TSTMS ON SAT BEFORE NEXT BATCH OF MOISTURE DRIFTS UP INTO THE REGION SUN INTO TUE FOR ANOTHER CHC OF LATE DAY TSTMS. TEMPS TO REMAIN ON THE WARM-HOT SIDE THRU THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...MVFR VISIBILITIES PSBL IN SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS OVER THE NERN HALF OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. SOME MVFR CIGS WILL LIKELY FORM LATE TNGT INTO EARLY WED MRNG MAINLY OVER THE PANHANDLE...AFFECTING MAINLY THE BFF AND SNY TERMINALS. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 250 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2008 NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059-060-064-066>070-231145- SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE RANGE- PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- 250 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN THE MAIN THREATS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHUGWATER WYOMING TO BRIDGEPORT NEBRASKA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION EACH DAY. BETTER CHANCES OF STORMS WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY AGAIN NEXT MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE WYZ061>063-065-231145- SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY- 250 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AS WELL AS BRIEF MODERATE RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION EACH DAY. BETTER CHANCES OF STORMS WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY AGAIN NEXT MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1227 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2008 WYZ067-221930- PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY 1227 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...A FEW STRONG STORMS IN SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY... AT 1220 PM...RADAR SHOWED A FEW STRONG STORMS IN FAR SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHEATLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING RIGHT ALONG HIGHWAY 34. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM THROUGH 130 PM. MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 34 SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS.
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind gusts from 64 to 79 mph recorded at the airport and near Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Winds blew down some power poles and trees, and caused some roof damage to a few outbuildings.
Heavy rains caused some flooding of basements in about 9 homes, as well as washed out a few county roads.
Hail from 0.75 to 1.25 inches in diameter reported along track.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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