Thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds across portions of the western Nebraska Panhandle.
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The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
Thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds across portions 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 Jun 4, 2:48 PM MST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 348 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 157 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS UNSTABLE LOW LEVELS COMBINE WITH A SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE A THREAT WITH MINIMAL CHANCES FOR TORNADOES. INITIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THE SHEAR PARAMETERS ARE MARGINAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BUT THE 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR SHOULD PUSH 40 TO 50 KTS OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 18Z LAPS DATA SHOWING UPWARDS OF 3000 J/KG OF SURFACE BASED CAPE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THIS IS 1000-1500 K/KG HIGHER THAN THE MODELS WOULD SUGGEST. NOT SURE THE LAPS DATA IS 100 PERCENT ACCURATE BUT GOING TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON MESO ANALYSIS THIS AFTERNOON...AS 3000 J/KG OF CAPE WOULD MEAN VERY LARGE HAIL WOULD BE POSSIBLE. ON THE OTHER HAND...THE 16Z HRRR RUN OF COMPOSITE REFLECTIVITY DOES NOT INDICATE MUCH IN THE WAY OF DISCRETE CONVECTION INDICATIVE OF SUPERCELLS OVER THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. AT ANY RATE...THERE IS AT LEAST A THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS. WILL MONITOR CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BECOME THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION LATER THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. COULD SEE CONVECTION CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE INTO LATE TONIGHT NEAR THE FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME ELEVATED BY LATE THIS EVENING WITH MINIMAL SEVERE THREAT...AND THAT BEING MAINLY HAIL. AIR MASS SHOULD BE STABLE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TOMORROW. CAP SHOULD BE IN PLACE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE AND SUBSIDENCE ALOFT SHOULD ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO CAPPING. LEFT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR NOW...BUT THE NIGHT SHIFT MAY BE TO REMOVE THE CHANCES FROM EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. ACTUALLY THE HIGHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE TOMORROW EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD. STRONG THETAE ADVECTION WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THE NAM IS MUCH FARTHER NORTH WITH THE STRONGEST POSITIVE THETAE THAN THE GFS. NOT SURE WHICH TO BELIEVE AT THIS POINT. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 1257 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST IS THE TIMING OF THE WAVES MOVING ACROSS FORECAST AREA THIS WEEKEND. SATURDAY-SUNDAY: A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVES ARE PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS WEEKEND. OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE TIMING OF THESE FEATURES. THE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT IN SHOWING THIS WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IF THIS WOULD BE THE CASE...THEN WE MAY SEE THE CONVECTION DEVELOP A BIT EARLIER IN THE DAY. WE DID BUMP UP POPS A BIT SATURDAY MORNING TO REFLECT THIS POTENTIAL. THIS MAY ALSO SET THE STAGE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION ON THIS DAY AS WELL WITH SURFACE BASED CAPES BETWEEN 1000-1500 J/KG. 0-6KM SHEAR VALUES MAY ALSO BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A COUPLE OF SUPERCELLS. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS LIKE THE BULK OF THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING. AFTER THIS WAVE PASSES THROUGH...IT WILL TURN QUITE A BIT COOLER WITH HIGHS STRUGGLING TO GET OUT OF THE 50S AND 60S. THE MODELS ARE SHOWING A MORE AMPLIFIED TROF MOVING THROUGH ON SUNDAY WHICH MAY HELP STEEPEN THE LOW AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WITH STILL FAIRLY GOOD SHEAR IN PLACE. THE COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO YIELD TO LOWER WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS WHICH MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL. MONDAY-WEDNESDAY: AFTER THE TROF PASSES THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY NIGHT WE SHOULD SEE SOME RIDGING ON MONDAY FOLLOWED BY ZONAL FLOW. AS A RESULT...DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL ON MONDAY...DUE TO GOOD SUBSIDENCE IN PLACE. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS AS THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BANK UP AGAINST THE LARAMIE RANGE WITH SOME AID FROM THE LEE SURFACE TROF. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 1257 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 1257 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT WEEK. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MOST DAYS FOR AREAS WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE...MUCH GREATER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT WEEK AS AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTER REMAINS IN PLACE. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 1257 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE UPPER NORTH PLATTE AND LARAMIE RIVERS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HOWEVER STAGES HAVE CRESTED AND ARE FORECASTED TO RECEDE. A DRY WEATHER PATTERN WILL EXIST FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THROUGH AT LEAST MIDWEEK SO NO WIDESPREAD RAINFALL EVENTS ARE EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEASONAL...PRODUCING SOME SNOW MELT EACH DAY. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...SML LONG TERM...REC AVIATION...REC FIRE WEATHER...SML HYDROLOGY...REC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1018 AM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 WYZ103>106-109>117-051630- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE 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- 1018 AM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING... SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. DIME SIZED HAIL AND DOWN BURST WINDS TO 50 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS NEARLY EVERY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER. .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-WYZ101-102-107-108-118-119- 051630- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- 1018 AM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE LATE EVENING FOR AREAS EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH GOLF BALL SIZED OR LARGER HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXIST EAST OF INTERSTATE 25...AND INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS NEARLY EVERY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 AFTER 3 PM MDT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE SML
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 343 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 WYZ101-102-042230- CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS WY-NIOBRARA COUNTY WY- 343 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CONVERSE AND WESTERN NIOBRARA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM MDT... AT 340 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF DULL CENTER TO DOUGLAS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... MANNING RANCH... LANCE CREEK... KEELINE... LOST SPRINGS... THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. && LAT...LON 4270 10474 4275 10538 4351 10486 4351 10426 TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 302DEG 14KT 4345 10477 4276 10536 TJT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
353 PM MDT WED JUN 04 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM HAIL 3 W YODER 41.92N 104.35W
06/04/2014 E0.50 INCH GOSHEN WY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
DDEALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
429 PM MDT WED JUN 04 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0427 PM HAIL 2 SW REDBIRD 43.22N 104.30W
06/04/2014 M0.50 INCH NIOBRARA WY TRAINED SPOTTER
5 MINUTES OF HEAVY RAIN. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 20-25 MPH.
&&
HAHNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
433 PM MDT WED JUN 04 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM HAIL 11 SSW REDBIRD 43.09N 104.35W
06/04/2014 E0.88 INCH NIOBRARA WY TRAINED SPOTTER
35-40 MPH WINDS
&&
RCOXSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
527 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014
NEZ002-095-050030-
DAWES NE-NORTH SIOUX NE-
527 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SIOUX AND NORTHERN
DAWES COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT...
AT 523 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONTROSE...OR 28 MILES SOUTH OF EDGEMONT...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
CHADRON...
WHITNEY LAKE...
CHADRON AIRPORT...
CHADRON CAMPGROUND...
RED CLOUD CAMPGROUND...
WHITNEY...
CHADRON ST PARK...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 4288 10376 4301 10368 4301 10280 4294 10277
4256 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 293DEG 33KT 4290 10360
TJTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
540 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014
NEZ003-021-050030-
BOX BUTTE NE-MORRILL NE-
540 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MORRILL AND EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN BOX BUTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT...
AT 537 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 385
AND L62...OR 23 MILES SOUTH OF ALLIANCE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BOX BUTTE AND NORTHERN
MORRILL COUNTIES.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 4160 10267 4159 10307 4187 10319 4203 10270
4200 10267 4177 10267 4174 10263 4166 10263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 248DEG 28KT 4180 10302
TJTThe Rapid City radar (KUDX), 170 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:12 UTC.
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was observed eight miles west of Fort Robinson.
Quarter size hail was observed west of Alliance.
The wind sensor at the Alliance Airport measured a peak gust of 59 mph.
Half dollar size hail was observed south of Harrisburg.
Quarter size hail was observed in Alliance.
Estimated wind gusts of 70 mph were reported in Redington.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 2014
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: 524261, 524262, 524263, 524264, 524265, 524266.