Alert archive / Wyoming / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1988, 4:41 PM MDT for Sweetwater County, Wyoming. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1988, 4:41 PM MDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1988, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sweetwater County, WY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Lander/Hunt Fiel, WY (KLND), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCYS 152241
TORCYS
WYC037-152315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
441 PM MDT WED JUN 15 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF WYOMING
WESTERN SWEETWATER COUNTY
AT 430 PM MDT A PILOT REPORTED A TORNADO KICKING UP DUST AND
DEBRIS 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCK SPRINGS. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING
TOWARDS THE EAST.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO
...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS
NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
MENTZERWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 220 PM MDT WED JUN 15 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME WEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 9PM MDT... AT 215PM MDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE LARAMIE RANGE OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF DOUGLAS TO NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE AND THEN INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY TO THE EAST. KOSEL
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:10 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 410 PM MDT WED JUN 15 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME WEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 9PM MDT... AT 405PM MDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE FROM SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF OR 25 MILES WEST OF KIMBALL NEBRASKA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF KIMBALL AND MAY BE ACCOMPANYING BY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HAIL AS IT MOVES INTO KIMBALL COUNTY OF THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 530PM] MDT. KOSEL
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:14 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 410 PM MDT WED JUN 15 1988 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALBANY...CONVERSE...NIOBRARA... LARAMIE...PLATTE AND GOSHEN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 900 PM MDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING... AT 408 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD JUST DEVELOPED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURNS...OR 25 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE SCATTERED ABOUT SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLwE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THEATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. COX
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:20 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 420 PM MDT WED JUN 15 1988 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING UNTIL 900 PM MDT TONIGHT... AT 420 PM MDT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING. A STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED A FEW MILES NORTH OF BURNS...WHICH IS 23 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THEATENING WEATHER. IF A TORNADO IS OBSERVED...SEEK REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MENTZER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 36 min |
Nearby
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Sources
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.