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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 11, 1990Banner County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1990, 3:51 PM MDT for Banner County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 1990, 3:51 PM MDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1990, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Banner 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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 12:00Z on 1990-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 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 12:00Z on 1990-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-258 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1249 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 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 112151
SVRBFF
NEC007-112230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
351 PM MDT SAT AUG 11 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
      BANNER

AT 350 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HARRISBURG...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF
NEBRASKA.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE CURRENT MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL PLACE IT NEAR THE TOWN
OF HARRISBURG BETWEEN 400 AND 415 PM MDT.

PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING BY TAKING COVER.  STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE LOOSE ITEMS
CAN BECOME DANGEROUS FLYING DEBRIS.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH pREMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE UNTIL 800 PM MDT.

WIRTH

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 11, 12:36 PM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
WYZ012-017-112000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1238 PM MDT SAT AUG 11 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF WHEATLAND...

AT 1230 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LARAMIE
RANGE OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 25 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WHEATLAND AND MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.
PEOPLE IN NORTHERN PLATTE COUNTY ESPECIALLY PEOPLE ON THE WATER
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS AND GET TO SHORE QUICKLY
IF A STORM IS SIGHTED.

SCOTT
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:29 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
WYZ012-017-112015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
130 PM MDT SAT AUG 11 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  AT 125 PM MDT...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS
ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE.  OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE NOTED
JUST WEST OF CHEYENNE AND AROUND THE CITY OF WHEATLAND.  ALL OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.  SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY FOR
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SHOULD A STORM
APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.

HATTEN
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 2:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-122130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
245 PM MDT FRI AUG 10 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 800 PM...

AT 240 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE WEST NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE...10 MILES NORTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF...AND 50 MILES WEST OF CHADRON
NEBRASKA...NEAR HARRISON.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND...HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN SIOUX AND
NORTHERN SCOTTSBLUFF COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 330 PM MDT.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING FROM 30 MILES
TO 70 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA...THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING
INTO WESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF AND WESTERN BANNER COUNTIES OF THE PANHANDLE
AROUND 300 PM MDT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT...
ACROSS THE $NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  PEOPLE IN THE PANHANDLE SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY.
WIRTH
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 3:38 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-122230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
338 PM MDT FRI AUG 10 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 800 PM...

AT 330 PM MDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE WEST AND
NORTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA
ALONG THE BANNER/SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY LINE...AND 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CHADRON OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARRISON.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND...HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS ACROSS EASTERN SIOUX AND
SOUTHWEST DAWES...AND SOUTHERN SCOTTS BLUFF AND NORTHERN BANNER COUNTIES
OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 430 PM MDT.  THE STORM SOUTHWEST OF
SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA SHOULD REACH THE COMMUNITY OF HARRISBURG AROUND
415 PM MDT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANgHANDLE.  PEOPLE IN THE PANHANDLE SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY.
WIRTH
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 3:49 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
WYZ012-017-112230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
345 PM MDT SAT AUG 11 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTHEAST BORDER OF WYOMING UNTIL 8 PM...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE EXTERME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR US HIGHWAY 85 IN NORTHERN LARAMIE COUNTY.
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WERE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST
WYOMING.  A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...SO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST BORDER UNTIL 8 PM.

PEOPLE SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL BROADCASTS AND STAY INDOORS IF THUNDER-
STORMS APPROACH.

SCOTT

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.