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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Rapid City, SD

July 7, 1988Natrona County, Wyoming

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 1988, 6:10 PM MDT for Natrona County, Wyoming. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1988, 6:10 PM MDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1988, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Natrona County, WY

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 6:50 PM MDTTornado F1Natrona, WY

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 7:11 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRNatrona35 min
Jul 7, 7:11 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRConverse64 min
Jul 8, 2:15 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRNatrona45 min
Jul 8, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRNiobrara51 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Wyoming, 1988Every tornado warning in 1988Tornadoes in 1988

Sources

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