A few severe thunderstorms moved over parts of the Nebraska panhandle and produced large hail.
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The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
A few severe thunderstorms moved over parts of the Nebraska panhandle and produced large hail.
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 Jun 1, 4:05 PM MST, 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 505 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 2008 .SHORT TERM... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH 10 PM. THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER SPINNING OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BE APPROACHING WYOMING MONDAY IN THE FORM OF A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT WILL RACE ACROSS MONTANA MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL CREATE A CONTINUING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY. A CLOSED LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL SET UP SHOP WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OVER WYOMING FOR MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS ALONG WITH COOLER AND WETTER CONDITIONS THROUGH MID WEEK. .LONG TERM... INTERESTING WX PATTERN IN THE OFFING FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROCKIES. AGAIN...LOOKS ACTIVE AT LEAST EVERY OTHER DAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND. WEDNESDAY COULD STILL HAVE SOME STRONG STORMS OVER NE AND FAR E CWA. BELIEVE UPSLOPE SFC FLOW TO INCREASE OR DEEPEN WEDNESDAY INTO WED NIGHT. COLD MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS THEN SWINGS OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME... THURS LOOKS TO BE MORE OF A STRATIFORM PCPN DAY SPCLY E OF THE DIVIDE. THURS COULD SETUP AS A DAY WITH LOW CIGS AND A LIGHT STEADY RAIN. THIS WOULD RESULT IN VERY COOL TEMPS FOR EARLY JUNE WITH EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF WET SNOW IN THE HIER ELEVATIONS OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK TO THE BIG HORN MTNS. UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM BEGINS TO EXIT AREA LATE THURSDAY SO WX TO SLOWLY IMPROVE FROM W TO E THURSDAY NIGHT. TRANSITORY RIDGE TO MOVE OVER WYOMING ON FRIDAY WITH WARMER TEMPS. AFTER FRIDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE QUITE DIFFERENT WITH GFS MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THE N STREAM. IF GFS IS PREFERRED...THEN SATURDAY SHOULD BE ACTIVE WITH THUNDERSTORMS SPCLY ACROSS THE N AND E. WL LEAN THAT WAY NOW AND KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON NEXT FEW MODEL RUNS. EITHER WAY...EXTENDED TEMPS TO BE AROUND OR SLGTLY BELOW NORMAL ACROSS RIVERTON CWA. && .AVIATION... A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL INITIATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE AS WELL AS PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES AS THIS SHORTWAVE BISECTS A MOIST SOUTHEAST SURFACE FLOW. THIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED MVFR CONDITIONS ALONG WITH ISOLATED IFR CONDITIONS. THE CIRCULATION CURRENTLY MAKING LANDFALL ONTO THE WASHINGTON COAST WILL TRACK EAST TOWARD WYOMING MONDAY CAUSING MORE NUMEROUS SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO OCCUR MONDAY ALONG WITH SCATTERED MVFR CONDITIONS AND ISOLATED IFR CONDITIONS. && .FIRE WEATHER... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH 10 PM. THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER SPINNING OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BE APPROACHING WYOMING MONDAY IN THE FORM OF A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT WILL RACE ACROSS MONTANA MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL CREATE A CONTINUING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY. A CLOSED LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL SET UP SHOP WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OVER WYOMING FOR MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS ALONG WITH COOLER AND WETTER CONDITIONS THROUGH MID WEEK. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 10 PM FOR ZONES 54...59...60...62>64... 66>70. NE...TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 10 PM FOR ZONES 01>03...19>20...55 && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...WFOCYS LONG TERM....WFOCYS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1237 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 2008 WYZ059>070-021130- CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-GOSHEN- CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- 1237 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-021130- SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE- 1237 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER OVERNIGHT IN THE PANHANDLE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY 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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
506 PM MDT SUN JUN 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0436 PM HAIL MINATARE 41.81N 103.50W
06/01/2008 E0.25 INCH SCOTTS BLUFF NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0439 PM HAIL MELBETA 41.78N 103.52W
06/01/2008 E0.25 INCH SCOTTS BLUFF NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0443 PM HAIL BAYARD 41.76N 103.32W
06/01/2008 E0.50 INCH MORRILL NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0450 PM HAIL HEMINGFORD 42.32N 103.08W
06/01/2008 E0.50 INCH BOX BUTTE NE TRAINED SPOTTER
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SOWKOThe Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 154 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:22 UTC.
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Many reports of hail from 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter received from around Bridgeport, NE.
Hail from 1.0 to 2.5 inches in diameter fell along track.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 91967, 91968, 91969, 91970, 91971, 91972.