An anomalous ridge built over the Front Range area resulted in record heat approaching all-time values. High temperatures across the Nebraska Panhandle were in the triple digits after morning lows only dropped into the 70s.
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The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
An anomalous ridge built over the Front Range area resulted in record heat approaching all-time values. High temperatures across the Nebraska Panhandle were in the triple digits after morning lows only dropped into the 70s. Chadron came within one degree Fahrenheit of the all-time high temperature.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heat, 1 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Scottsbluff Airport ASOS station (KBFF) measured an afternoon high temperature of 108 degrees Fahrenheit and came within two degrees of the all-time record. This was the 4th hottest day all-time for Scottsbluff. The heat index also exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Chadron Airport ASOS station (KCDR) measured an afternoon high temperature of 111 degrees Fahrenheit and came within one degree of the all-time record. This was the 2nd hottest day all-time for Chadron. The heat index also reached 105 degrees Fahrenheit.
Alliance Airport ASOS station (KAIA) measured an afternoon high temperature of 105 degrees Fahrenheit with a heat index exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Sidney Airport ASOS station (KSNY) measured an afternoon high temperature of 106 degrees Fahrenheit with a heat index exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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