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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 1, 1990Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 4:16 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1990, 4:16 PM MDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1990, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Sheridan County, NE

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

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 1990-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 996 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 1990-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
996 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBFF 012216
SVRBFF
NEC161-012315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
416 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
      SOUTHERN SHERIDAN

AT 414 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ALLIANCE NEBRASKA...JUST NORTH OF LAKESIDE ALONG HIGHWAY 2 IN
SOUTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH BETWEEN 10 AND
15 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED.

GIVE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

PFEIFFER

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 1, 10:19 AM MDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
WYZALL-012200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1020 AM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...COOL WEATHER RETURNS TO WYOMING...

A COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS WYOMING LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING.
THIS FEATURE BROUGHT COOLER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE...AND
ALSO BROUGHT LIGHT SNOW TO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT IN THE BIG HORN
MOUNTAINS WEST OF SHERIDAN. AT 10 AM SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL IN THE BIG
HORNS...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THERE BY
THIS EVENING.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER UTAH ALSO SPREAD INCREASING MOISTURE OVER
WESTERN WYOMING. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS OCCURRED NEAR ROCK SPRINGS...AND
LIGHT RAIN FELL AT LANDER AND RIVERTON.
>
SHOWERS WILL SPREAD OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING IN SOME AREAS OF THE COWBOY STATE
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEST. GARDENERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS
NOW TO PROTECT THEIR PLANTS.

WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF STATE. WEST
TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT.

MENTZER
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
NEZ002-012100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE
123 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING INTO CHERRY COUTNY OF NORTHCENTRAL
NEBRASKA...

AT 120 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THE LINE EXTENDED FROM 18 MILES
WEST TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERRIMAN NEBRASKA...OR 70 MILES WEST TO 85
MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA IN WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY.   THE
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND...AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL
NEBRASKA UNTIL 300 PM M0DT.
PLISCHKE
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
WYZ016-017-012105-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
305 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE LARAMIE MOUNTAIN RANGE...

AT 300PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HORSE
CREEK...OR 30 MILES WEST OF CHEYENNE ALONG THE LARAMIE MOUNTAIN RANGE.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HORSE CREEK BY 400PM.

EARLIER SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.  IN ADDITION
TO SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

COX
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:39 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
WYZALL-012135-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
335 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...FROST ADVISORY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VALLEYS TONIGHT...

AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIRMASS OVER WYOMING WILL BRING A THREAT OF
FROST TO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VALLEYS OF WYOMING TONIGHT WHERE A
FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED.

SKIES WILL CLEAR AND WINDS WILL BE LIGHT ENOUGH IN THESE AREAS LATE
TONIGHT FOR TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET TO THE FREEZING MARK OR SLIGHTLY
BELOW.  LINGERING CLOUDINESS AND/OR WINDS IN THE FAR EAST LATE TONIGHT
SHOULD MAKE FROST MORE ISOLATED.

PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS WITH FROST SENSITIVE
PLANTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEM BEFORE NIGHCTFALL.

OVERNIGHT AND TODAY UP TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED IN THE BIG
HORN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING.  AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW...OR
ADDITIONAL SNOW....IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE STATE...MAINLY
EARLY TONIGHT.

COX
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:41 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
WYZALL-020430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
335 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...FROST ADVISORY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VALLEYS TONIGHT...

AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIRMASS OVER WYOMING WILL BRING A THREAT OF
FROST TO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VALLEYS OF WYOMING TONIGHT WHERE A
FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED.

SKIES WILL CLEAR AND WINDS WILL BE LIGHT ENOUGH IN THESE AREAS LATE
TONIGHT FOR TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET TO THE FREEZING MARK OR SLIGHTLY
BELOW.  LINGERING CLOUDINESS AND/OR WINDS IN THE FAR EAST LATE TONIGHT
SHOULD MAKE FROST MORE ISOLATED.

PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS WITH FROST SENSITIVE
PLANTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEM BEFORE NIGHTFALL.

OVERNIGHT AND TODAY UP TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED IN THE BIG
HORN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING.  AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW...OR
ADDITIONAL SNOW....IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE STATE...MAINLY
EARLY TONIGHTD.

COX
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:51 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
WYZ016-017-012250-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
350 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST LARAMIE COUNTY...

AT 345PM RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
SOUTHWEST LARAMIE COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OR
SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT
20 MILES AN HOUR.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL IN EXTREME WNESTERN
LARAMIE COUNTY.  IN ADDITION TO HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

COX

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 1:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan69 min
Jun 1, 2:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGarden58 min
Jun 1, 2:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan32 min
Jun 1, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan60 min
Jun 1, 3:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGarden22 min
Jun 1, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Sheridan54 min
Jun 1, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSMorrill57 min
Jun 1, 5:48 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSMorrill27 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.