A few severe thunderstorms produced some hail and flooding over parts of the southern Nebraska panhandle.
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The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
A few severe thunderstorms produced some hail and flooding over parts of the southern 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 Jun 14, 12:00 PM MST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 100 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... TONIGHT...EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS INITIATING AT EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE FAVORED SOUTHERN PLATTE AND SOUTHERN GOSHEN COUNTY LOCALES LIKELY DUE TO THE CHEYENNE RIDGE CONVERGENCE AXIS THAT TYPICALLY SETS UP WITH LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST WINDS...SIMILAR TO THE DENVER CYCLONE CONVERGENCE AXIS FEATURE THAT OCCURS NORTH OF THE PALMER DIVIDE IN COLORADO. WITH FAVORABLE CAPE...1500-2500 JOULES PER KILOGRAM...SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR...EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING...PRIMARILY EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 AND IN THE LOW AND MID LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE AXISES WHERE FAVORABLE POSITIVE THETA-E ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE. WITH DEEP INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE SHEAR...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE PRIMARY THREATS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS SOUTHEAST OF A CHEYENNE TO CHADRON LINE. NAM SOUNDINGS FORECASTING STORMS TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT ONLY 10 TO 15 MPH AND WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES FROM 100 TO 150 PERCENT...WILL SEE SOME HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA. MAY SEE A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND LATE TONIGHT ACROSS FAR WESTERN NEBRASKA...AS SUGGESTED BY THE NAM AND GFS. AREAS OF LATE NIGHT FOG ACROSS FAR EASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA... MINIMIZED ACROSS EASTERN WYOMING ALONG THE SURFACE TROUGH AXIS. MONDAY...CONSIDERABLY LESS THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH NEGATIVE THETA-E ADVECTION AND WITH LOW AND MID LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE AXISES TRANSLATING EAST INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA. MONDAY NIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOSTLY END IN THE EVENING WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND LACK OF LIFTING MECHANISMS. TUESDAY...AGAIN...MINIMAL AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WITH RIDGING ALOFT AND ASSOCIATED WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT PRODUCING INCREASED CONVECTIVE INHIBITION. ALSO...LESS LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE TO FUEL THUNDERSTORMS. .LONG TERM...TUE NIGHT THRU SUN...MINIMUM OF TSTMS TUE NIGHT AS UPPER RIDGE SHFTS E INTO THE PLAINS WITH AIRMASS NOT VERY UNSTABLE. MAIN FULL LATITUDE UPPER TROF TO PASS THRU THE REGION WED AFTN INTO THU. EURO MODEL HAS SPED UP ITS TROF MOVEMENT FROM YDA...SIMILAR TO GFS NOW. BETTER CHCS OF SHWRS/TSTMS RETURN WED AFTN/EVNG AHEAD OF UPPER TROF IN SW FLOW ALOFT. SHWRS AND SOME TSTMS CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WED INTO THU AS TROF AXIS AND ASSOCD CDFNT MOVES THRU WITH W/NW WINDS. AFTER THAT...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ABOUT A LARGE UPPER RIDGE BUILDING AND SHIFTING INTO THE AREA FOR FRI AND SAT. AIRMASS DRIES OUT AND TEMPS ACTUALLY WARM TO A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE SUMMER SOLSTICE. MODELS SIMILAR IN TIMING ON A FTR LIFTG NEWD INTO THE REGION ON SUN FROM THE BASE OF THE WEST COAST UPPER TROF...SO HAVE KEPT MENTION OF PCPN MAINLY ON SUN. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING PRODUCING MVFR. SOME SEVERE STORMS EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND EXTREME TURBULENCE. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL PRODUCE MVFR AND LOCALIZED IFR. AREAS OF FOG EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WILL PRODUCE MVFR AND LOCALIZED IFR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY. VFR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS THROUGH TUESDAY DUE TO RECENT RAINS AND GREEN UP. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER EACH DAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH WINDS INCREASING WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. && .HYDROLOGY...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO THREE INCHES ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA AND FAR EASTERN WYOMING. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO THREE INCHES. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST OF A CHEYENNE TO CHADRON LINE WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER/HYDROLOGY...RUBIN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 215 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009 NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ060-066>070-152015- SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE-NIOBRARA-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS- PINE BLUFFS- 215 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONG STORM IN THE REGION...WITH ONE OR TWO OF THE STRONGEST STORMS PERHAPS PRODUCING A TORNADO. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WYOMING PART OF THE WATCH AREA...AND SPREAD INTO THE PANHANDLE. THE STORMS SHOULD EXIT THE PANHANDLE BY LATE THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN A FEW OF THE STORMS AS THE MOVEMENT WILL BE NORTHEAST AT ONLY AROUND 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN FROM STORMS IS MOST LIKELY ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR MAINLY MONDAY...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MUCH LESS LIKELY ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE WYZ059-061>065-152015- CONVERSE-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY- 215 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING INTO THE DOUGLAS AREA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR MAINLY MONDAY...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MUCH LESS LIKELY ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
511 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0506 PM HAIL 2 W MELBETA 41.78N 103.56W
06/14/2009 E0.50 INCH SCOTTS BLUFF NE TRAINED SPOTTER
SOME PEA SIZED...SOME MARBLE.
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BCHAPMANSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 523 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009 NEZ001-003-019-021-150015- BOX BUTTE-MORRILL-SCOTTS BLUFF-SIOUX- 523 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTTS BLUFF... NORTHWESTERN MORRILL...SOUTHEASTERN SIOUX AND SOUTHWESTERN BOX BUTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM MDT... AT 522 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE MINATARE...OR 8 MILES EAST OF SCOTTSBLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. RJM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 530 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009 WYZ068-070-150030- GOSHEN-PINE BLUFFS- 530 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LARAMIE AND SOUTHEASTERN GOSHEN COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT... AT 529 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GUN BARREL...OR 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MERIDEN REST AREA BY 600 PM MDT. HWY 85 AT HIGHWAY 216...HWY 85 MM 50 AND HWY 85 MM 60 ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. RUBIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 537 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009 WYZ065-066-150030- LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY- 537 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALBANY AND WESTERN LARAMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT... AT 536 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PUMPKIN VINE...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF LARAMIE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... TIE SIDING BY 545 PM MDT. VEDAUWOO BY 605 PM MDT. 9 MILES EAST OF LARAMIE BY 630 PM MDT. I-80 EXIT 329...CROW CREEK AND I-80 EXIT 316 ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 313 AND 335. RUBIN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
552 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0523 PM HAIL 5 NE SCOTTSBLUFF 41.92N 103.59W
06/14/2009 E0.25 INCH SCOTTS BLUFF NE TRAINED SPOTTER
VERY LITTLE HAIL, BUT HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODED FIELDS.
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BCHAPMANSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 553 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009 NEZ003-021-150100- BOX BUTTE-MORRILL- 553 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MORRILL AND SOUTHERN BOX BUTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM MDT... AT 552 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BONNER...OR 15 MILES WEST OF ALLIANCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF THE STORM CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE ISSUED. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BRONCO LAKE BY 700 PM MDT. RUBIN
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:07 UTC.
3 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail from 1 to 2 inches in diameter with some windshields broken.
Rainfall estimated up to 6 inches with water and hail covering state highway 88.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 2009
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: 167465, 167466, 167468, 167469.