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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 14, 1991Goshen County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1991, 2:37 PM MDT for Goshen County, Wyoming. It was in force for 68 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 14, 1991, 2:37 PM MDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1991, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Goshen County, WY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 3:15 PM MDTHail 0.75Goshen, 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

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 1991-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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 1991-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 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 KCYS 142037
SVRCYS
WYC015-142145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
237 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF WYOMING
      CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS OR CITIES...
YODER...VETERAN AND HUNTLEY.

AT 232 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF
YODER...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WINDr...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

WEILAND

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 14, 1:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
WYZ003-006-010-011-012-014-015-016-017-142100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
125 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN WYOMING...

AT 120 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
PARTS OF WYOMING. AT THAT TIME THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 25 MILES TO THE
SOUTHEAST OF ROCK SPRINGS AND JUST TO THE EAST OF CASPER. HEAVY RAIN
AND DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CASPER AROUND 110 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE CENTRAL AND EAST THIS
AFTERNOON. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...
SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH OVER CENTRAL WYOMING THIS EVENING AND IN
THE EAST LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
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PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN WYOMING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON SHOULD BE
ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. IF A STORM APPROACHES...
MOVE INSIDE TO A SAFE SHELTER RIGHT AWAY.
WEILAND
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:25 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
WYZ012-142130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
225 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 1991

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHEAST PLATTE AND SOUTHWEST GOSHEN
COUNTIES...

AT 215 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VETERAN...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND APPEARS IT WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH
OF THE CITY OF TORRINGTON SHORTLY AFTER 300 PM.

THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEOUS LIGHTNING.

PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF GOSHEN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
HAWK SPRINGS...YODER AND VETERAN SHOULD BE PREPARED FORh THE
POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. IF A STORM APPROACHES...MOVE INTO A SAFE
SHELTER RIGHT AWAY.
WEILAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 3:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Laramie66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.