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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 24, 1990Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1990, 6:45 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 60 min. 5 reports 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: May 24, 1990, 6:45 PM MDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 1990, 7:45 PM MDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Whole counties

County Laramie County, WY

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

Time	Report	Where
May 24, 6:55 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Laramie, WY
May 24, 6:58 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Laramie, WY
May 24, 7:10 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Laramie, WY
May 24, 7:15 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Laramie, WY
May 24, 7:30 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Laramie, WY

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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCYS 250046
TORCYS
WYC021-250145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
645 PM MDT THU MAY 24 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING
          ...EASTERN LARAMIE
 
THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF CHEYENNE.
 
AT 640 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF
EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THE SEVERE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SOME
LOWLAND FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LARAMIE COUNTY TIL 800
PM MDT.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN IINTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
WEILAND

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 8:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	CYS	Laramie	45 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.