Early evening thunderstorms produced large hail and strong winds over portions of the southwest Nebraska Panhandle.
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Early evening thunderstorms produced large hail and strong winds over portions of the southwest 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 9, 1:38 PM MST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 238 PM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 153 PM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013 INSTABILITY SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. SATELLITE AND RADAR NICELY SHOWING THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CAPPED AIRMASS TO THE NORTHEAST. MODELS DO SHOW MUCH OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE REMAINING CAPPED THROUGH THIS EVENING SO KEPT POPS OUT OF MOST ALL OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE DESPITE MU CAPES OVER 1500 J/KG. MOST LIKELY ELEVATED ENERGY WILL NOT BE TAPPED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INTO THE WESTERN CWA THERE IS VERY LITTLE CAPE TO WORK WITH...THUS VERY LITTLE LIGHTING SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON WITH MAINLY SHOWERS. NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE STORMS TODAY BUT COULD EASILY SEE A FEW 45 TO 55 MPH WIND GUSTS WITH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS SUPPORTED BY DEEP INVERTED-V SOUNDINGS. ADDED A MENTION OF POPS TONIGHT FOR AREAS MAINLY EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE INCLUDING THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS ARE SHOWING SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY TONIGHT AND WEAK FORCING ALONG AN ELEVATED BOUNDARY. THIS MAY BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME SHOWERS OR POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT. BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. LINGERING MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE IN THE MORNING THEN SURFACE BASED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. SOME AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM COULD BE SEVERE WITH SURFACE BASED CAPE VALUES RUNNING 1500-2000 J/KG AND BULK SHEAR 40-50 KTS. MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL BUT DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE QUESTION. NO STORMS FORECAST FOR THURSDAY WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS PREVALENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S ACROSS A VAST MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST AREA. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 153 PM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013 A RATHER STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED OVER THE CWA FOR MOST OF THIS PERIOD WITH GENERALLY SW FLOW ALOFT ON THE NW SIDE OF AN UPPER HIGH WHICH WILL ELONGATE FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKYS INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LOOKS LIKE SOME MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BE ADVECTED OVER THE AREA WHICH COMBINED WITH WEAK UPPER IMPULSES AND INSTABILITY WILL CREATE MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND TSTRMS DAILY THROUGH MONDAY. MOISTURE MAY BE SHUNTED SOUTHWARD TUESDAY AS THE UPPER FLOW TURNS MORE WESTERLY. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD... REMAINING ABOUT 5-8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 1117 AM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013 VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT AREA TERMINALS DURING THE PERIOD. WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS MUCH OF THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON SHIFTING WINDS FROM NORTHWESTERLY TO NORTH AND THEN NORTHEASTERLY BY MID-EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING MAINLY VCTY KLAR TO KSNY. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 202 PM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013 NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE TODAY. HUMIDITIES HAVE DIPPED TO AROUND 15 PERCENT WITH WINDS GUSTING 20 TO 30 MPH. RED FLAG TYPE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN VERY ISOLATED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER AND WINDS WILL DECREASE. HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND LESS WINDY WEDNESDAY WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. DRY THURSDAY WITH AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE AREA. COULD PUSH RED FLAG CONDITIONS IN CARBON COUNTY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OTHERWISE HOT WITH LIGHT WINDS. FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY EXPECTING THE MONSOON MOISTURE TO BRING MORE ACTIVITY WEATHER WITH A HIGHER RISK OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...LIEBL LONG TERM...RE AVIATION...RE FIRE WEATHER...LIEBL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1255 PM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013 WYZ101>119-101900- CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY- SIERRA MADRE RANGE-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- 1255 PM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING... SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOUND OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY LATE THIS EVENING BUT MAY REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WEDNESDAY. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOW. .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 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-101900- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- 1255 PM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOUND OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY LATE THIS EVENING BUT MAY REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND MAY SPREAD INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOW. .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 LIEBL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 430 PM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013 WYZ107-108-092330- EAST PLATTE COUNTY WY-GOSHEN COUNTY WY- 430 PM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN PLATTE AND WESTERN GOSHEN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT... AT 425 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRAYROCKS RESERVOIR...OR 10 MILES EAST OF WHEATLAND...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... LINGLE... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 4217 10433 4193 10437 4201 10488 4219 10485 TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 277DEG 18KT 4209 10473 COX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 505 PM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013 WYZ108-100000- GOSHEN COUNTY WY- 505 PM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT... AT 502 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF FORT LARAMIE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE...OR 18 MILES WEST OF TORRINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... LINGLE... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 4220 10409 4197 10431 4212 10460 4222 10452 TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 278DEG 16KT 4213 10451 COX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
618 PM MDT TUE JUL 09 2013
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0530 PM HAIL 1 S YODER 41.90N 104.29W
07/09/2013 M1.00 INCH GOSHEN WY TRAINED SPOTTER
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HUTCHEONThe Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:38 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Blowing dust reduced visibility to less than a mile at the Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area. Wind gusts were estimated between 50 and 60 mph.
Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were reported east of Harrisburg.
Dime to quarter size hail was reported northeast of Potter.
Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported northwest of Sidney.
Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were reported northwest of Sidney.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 451763, 451764, 451765, 451766, 451767.