Tornado Warning 5, NWS Cheyenne, WY

Issued

Jun 7, 1987, 10:04 PM MDT (04:04 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 1987, 11:00 PM MDT

In force

56 min

Issued by

NWS Cheyenne, WY

Area

Whole counties

County Goshen County, WY

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1004 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

SOUTHEAST WYOMING...SOUTHERN GOSHEN COUNTY

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TORRINGTON...VETERAN...YODER...
HAWK SPRINGS AND LA GRANGE WYOMING.
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND BY THE PUBLIC AT 945 PM MDT
15 MILES WEST OF VETERAN WYOMING.  VETERAN IS 60 MILES NORTHEAST
OF CHEYENNE WYOMING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF
NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.

RIZZO

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
612 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWEST ALBANY AND CENTRAL PLATTE
   COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM...

AT 547 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE RIDGE OF THE
LARAMIE RANGE...25 MILES EAST OF GARRETT OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DOUGLAS.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS STATIONARY...CREATING THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLASH FLOODING.  RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS THUNDERSTORM ALSO HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.

RAIN FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL FEED INTO THE NORTH LARAMIE
RIVER BASIN.  PERSONS IN THE TOWN OF UVA...59 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE
...SHOULD BE ON THE WATCH FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING.

LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE TO ESCAPE THE
FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING IF WATERS
START TO RAISE.
W
IF YOU EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER...REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OR TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
ML

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.