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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 1, 1990Garden County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 6:47 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1990, 6:47 PM MDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1990, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Garden 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1876 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1876 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBFF 020047
SVRBFF
NEC069-020145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
      NORTHERN GARDEN

AT 645 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ALLIANCE NEBRASKA...ENTERING GARDEN COUNTY 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
OSHKOSH NEBRASKA.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A REINFORCED
BUILDING.  STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  A BASEMENT...INTERIOR HALLWAY...
OR A ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IS THE SAFEST PLACE IN MOST BUILDINGS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

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, 3:41 PM MDT, 3 hours 6 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, 2 hours 56 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
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
WYZ012-017-012345-

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

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING CONTINUED
MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR AT 500 PM MDT.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE JUST EAST OF CHEYENNE...AND THESE WERE PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

MUCH COOLER AIR WAS PUSHING IN BEHIND THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME WET
SNOW FALLING ON THE SUMMIT BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE.  TEMPERATURES
IN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE...WHERE LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING...WERE ONLY
BETWEEN 40 AND 45 DEGREES.

PEOPLE NEAR THE SOUTHEAST BORDER OF WYOMING SHOULD BE ALERT TO
APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 600 PM MDT.  THIS INCLUDES THE TOWNS
OF PINE BLUFFS...BURNS...ALBIN AND TORRINGTON AS WELL AS LAGRANGE AND
HAWK SPRINGS.
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HATTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
NEZ002-020030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE
608 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL
NEBRASKA...
...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT (900 PM MDT) FOR
ALL OF CHERRY COUNTY..

AT 605 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS IN CHERRY
COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED
20 MILES NORTHWEST...45 MILES WEST...AND 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VALENTINE NEBRASKA IN CHERRY COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH
AT 20 MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS AS
THEY MOVE ACROSS CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 730 PM
CDT.

ALSO...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CHERRY COUNTY
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.  FOR YOUR SAFETY...STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION
FOR ADDITIONAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
PLISCHKE
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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:06 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
WYZ012-017-020045-

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

SOME THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL RUMBLING IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
WYOMING AT 600 PM.  HOWEVER...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NOTED BETWEEN
400 AND 530 PM MDT HAD MOVED INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

LIGHT RAIN AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES WERE THE MAIN WEATHER FEATURES
IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING AT 600 PM.  SOME WET SNOW WAS
FALLING NEAR THE SUMMIT BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE.

LIGHT RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF WYOMING UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

HATTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:40 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
NEZ002-020130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE
737 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL
NEBRASKA...
...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT (900 PM MDT) FOR
ALL OF CHERRY COUNTY..

AT 735 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN
CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THE LINE EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES
EAST THROUGH 45 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA AND WAS MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS AS
THEY MOVE ACROSS EAST CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL
830 PM CDT.

ALSO...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CHERRY COUNTY
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.  FOR YOUR SAFETY...STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION
FOR ADDITIONAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
PLISCHKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Sheridan60 min
Jun 1, 6:14 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSMorrill31 min
Jun 1, 7:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan68 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.