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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 15, 1990Morrill County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1990, 6:19 PM MDT for Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 15, 1990, 6:19 PM MDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1990, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Morrill County, NE

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
Jun 15, 6:35 PM MDTHail 1.75Morrill, NE

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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1990-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1346 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1990-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
1346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBFF 160019
SVRBFF
NEC123-105-160100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
619 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
      WESTERN MORRILL...EASTERN KIMBALL

AT 615 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
 OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA OR 15 MILES WEST OF BRIDGEPORT...AND 35
MILES WEST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA NEAR KIMBALL.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WARNING ISSUED PREVIOUSLY FOR SOUTHERN
SCOTTS BLUFF...NORTHERN BANNER...AND WESTERN KIMBALL COUNTIES.

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 15, 12:45 PM MDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
WYZ012-016-017-151945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1245 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 1990

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AS OF 1230 PM
MDT.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR CHUGWATER OR SOME 40 MILES NORTH OF
CHEYENNE.

ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING DURING
THE AFTERNOON.  DUE TO A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS...SOME OF THESE
COULD BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND
BE READY T1O SEEK A SAFE PLACE SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.

HATTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:42 PM MDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
WYZ012-016-017-152045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
145 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHEAST BORDER AREA OF
WYOMING FROM 200 PM MDT TO 800 PM MDT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS
ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES.

AT 145 PM MDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST
WYOMING. THE STRONGEST CELL WAS OVER CHUGWATER WHICH IS ABOUT 40 MILES
NORTH OF CHEYENNE. ANOTHER RAPIDLY GROWING CELL WAS JUST TO THE EAST
OF THE CITY OF CHEYENNE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING.  KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY
AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED.
CAS
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
WYZ012-016-017-152055-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
225 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 1990

...HALF-INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED AT CHUGWATER...

AT 225 PM MDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST PLATTE...
SOUTH GOSHEN...AND EAST LARMIE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING.
AT 200 PM MDT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN CHUGWATER REPORTED HALF-INCH
HAIL AND MODERATE RAIN AS THE THUNDERSTORM PASSED DIRECTLY OVER THEM.
CHUGWATER IS 40 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE.

ANOTHER CELL JUST EAST OF CHEYENNE...NEAR HILLSDALE WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AND HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST BORDER AREA OF
WYOMING UNTIL 900 PM MDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE
SKY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
CAS
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:49 PM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
WYZ012-017-152120-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
250 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 1990

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS JUST EAST OF CHUGWATER...

AT 245 PM MDT A LINE OF STORNG THUNDERSTORMS RAN FROM ABOUT 20 MILES
NORTH OF CHEYENNE IN LARAMIE COUNTY TO ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WHEATLAND IN SOUTH GOSHEN COUNTY. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED. HOWEVER...BASED ON PREVIOUS REPORTS AND RADAR...HAIL
OF ONE HALF INCH OR LARGER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS
TO AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.

THE TOWNS OF VETERAN AND YODER ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM.
THESE TWO TOWNS ARE ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON IN SOUTH
GOSHEN COUNTY.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST AT AROUND
5 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MAY PRODCUE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SECONDARY
ROADS AND SMALL DRAINAGES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 900 PM
MDT.
CAS

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:03 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
WYZ012-017-160100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
600 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY HAVE MOVED INTO
THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

AT 600 PM...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED SEVERAL FUNNEL
CLOUDS...TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED INTO
THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT
20 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING
UNTIL 800 PM MDT.  THOSE OF YOU IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...
HEAVY RAIN...AND TORNADOS.

IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER IMME=DIATELY.  ALSO...
BE ALERT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

DJV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball41 min
Jun 15, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSMorrill28 min
Jun 15, 7:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGarden56 min
Jun 16, 6:46 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes39 min
Jun 16, 5:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte58 min
Jun 16, 5:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes66 min
Jun 16, 5:58 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSDawes32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.