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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 2, 1990Box Butte County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1990, 5:23 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 1990, 5:23 PM MDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 1990, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Box Butte 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, 11.4 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 1990-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 337 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 1990-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
337 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-227 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBFF 022323
SVRBFF
NEC013-030030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
523 PM MDT THU AUG 2 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
      BOX BUTTE

AT 522 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ALLIANCE NEBRASKA NEAR THE HEMINGFORD JUNCTION ABOUT 10 MILES WEST
OF HEMINGFORD.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWN OF HEMINGFORD NEBRASKA.

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.

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, Aug 2, 1:36 PM MDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
WYZ012-016 017-022030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
140 PM MDT THU AUG 2 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

AT 140 PM...RADAR AND SATELLITE SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
LARAMIE RANGE WEST OF CHEYENNE BETWEEN LARAMIE AND CASPER. NO SEVERE
WEATHER WAS NOTED. HOWEVER...AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP...THEY COULD PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...HEAVY RAIN
AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...CHEYENNE...CHUGWATER...CASPER AND TOWNS
TO THE EAST WILL COME UNDER THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE SKMY
AND SEEK INDOOR SHELTER AS THUNDERSTORMS GET CLOSE. REMEMBER...
LIGHTNING IS A LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER-RELATED INJURIES AND
FATALITIES.
SANDERS
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:14 PM MDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
WYZ012-016 017-022100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
215 PM MDT THU AUG 2 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

AT 200 PM...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CHEYENNE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. MODERATE RAIN FELL BUT NO HAIL WAS OBSERVED.
HOWEVER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING DID OCCUR. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED ON RADAR BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND
LARAMIE WITH OTHER SCATTERED STORMS NORTH ALONG INTERSTATE 80 TO THE
WHEATLAND AREA. AT 210 PM ONE OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS
NORTHWEST OF WHEATLAND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST. PEOPLE IN THE
WHEATLAND AREA CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING FROM NOW UNTIL ABOUT 300 PM MDT.

EVERYONE SHOULD RESPECT LIGHTNING AND THE THREAT OF HAIL AND SHOULD
MOVE IN DOORS WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH.
SANDERS
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
WYZ012-016 017-022130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
300 PM MDT THU AUG 2 1990

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

AT 300 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG INTERSTATE 25
BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND CASPER. THE STORNGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTH OF CHEYENNE AND ANOTHER WAS JUST MOVING OVER WHEATLAND. THEY
WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

RADAR INDICATES THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PEA TO MARBLE-SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

OVER THE NEXT HOUR...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO GOSHEN
AND EAST LARAMIE COUNTIES WHICH ARE ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER IN
SOUTHEAST WYOMING.
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KEEP A WATCHFULL AND RESPECTFULL EYE ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SEEK
INDOOR SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.
CAS
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
WYZ012-016 017-022300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
405 PM MDT THU AUG 2 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUTES UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEAST PLATTE AND SOUTH GOSHEN COUNTIES....

AT 405 PM MDT...AN OBSERVER JUST EAST OF WHEATLAND REPORTED WINDS
OF 55 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. WHEATLAND IS ABOUT 65
MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE IN PLATTE COUNTY.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF PLATTE COUNTY JUST EAST OF CHUGWATER AND WILL MOVE ALONG THE
EXTREME NORTH PORTION OF LARAMIE COUNTY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS OVER 55 MILES AN HOUR. THEY CAN
AND SOMETIMES DO PRODCUE SMALL TORNADOES.

PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF VETERN...YODER...HAWK SPRINGS...AND LA GRANGE
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS THESE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA.
SANDERS
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 5:16 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-030130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
512 PM MDT THU AUG 2 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS IN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF
OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

AT 510 PM MDT...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLIANCE
NEBRASKA NEAR THE HEMINGFORD JUNCTION TO THE WEST OF HEMINGFORD...AND
15 MILES NORTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF TO THE EAST OF HIGHWAY 71 IN SIOUX COUNTY.
THE STORMS WEE MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG SHIFTING WINDS...AND SOME HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS IN SIOUX...BOX BUTTE...SCOTTS BLUFF...DAWES...AND
SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
PFEIFFER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan48 min
Aug 1, 6:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes32 min
Aug 1, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan36 min
Aug 1, 8:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan38 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.