Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1991, 8:02 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1991, 8:02 PM MDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1991, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Box Butte County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 454 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 26.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBFF 120202
SVRBFF
NEC013-120230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
802 PM MDT SAT MAY 11 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
NORTHWEST BOX BUTTE
AT 800 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ALLIANCE NEBRASKA...OR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEMINGFORD. THE STORM
WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE BOX BUTTE RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA.
PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING BY TAKING COVER. STAY AWAY FROM AREASB WHERE LOOSE ITEMS
CAN BECOME DANGEROUS FLYING DEBRIS.
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.
PFEIFFERWhat 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, May 11, 3:03 PM MDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
WYZ012-017-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 300 PM MDT SAT MAY 11 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 9PM... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE GOSHEN...EASTERN LARAMIE... SOUTHERN NIOBRARA...AND EASTERN PLATTE COUNTIES. CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE LUSK...TORRINGTON...GUERNSEYP...AND PINE BLUFFS. CHEYENNE AND WHEATLAND ARE NOT...REPEAT...ARE NOT...IN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPEMENTS THIS EVENING. CGB
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
WYZ006-012-017-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 435 PM MDT SAT MAY 11 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING UNTIL 900 PM... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING TIL 900 PM. IN ADDITION...THE EARLIER TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 900 PM. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. AT 420 PM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER WYOMING. THE MORE INTENSE STORMS WERE OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST PARTS OF THE STATE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE VICINTITY OF LUSK AT 400 PM AND ANOTHER INTENSE STORM HAD JUST MOVED INTO THE CASPER AREA. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ALL OF THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND EVEN TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALIZED URBAN OR LOWLAND FLOODING MAY OCCUR. PEOPLE IN THE EAST THIRD OF WYOMING THIS EVENING SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WEILAND
Special weather statement, May 11, 5:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
WYZ006-012-017-120030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 530 PM MDT SAT MAY 11 1991 ...TORNADO WATCHES CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST TO EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING TIL 900 PM... THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED TORNADO WATCHES FOR EASTERN WYOMING REMAIN IN EFFECT TIL 900 PM THIS EVENING. ONE TORNADO WATCH IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING...AND THE OTHER TORNADO WATCH IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING. AT 515 PM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL WYOMING...MOVING INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WYOMING. THE MORE INTENSE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTH OF LUSK TO 30 MILES NORTH OF CASPER AND DOUGLAS. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AT 444 PM...THREE QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CASPER. THE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF SOUTHERN WYOMING EARLY THIS EVENING. ALL OF THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND EVEN TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALIZED URBAN OR LOWLAND FLOODING MAY OCCUR. PEOPLE IN THE EAST THIRD OF WYOMING THIS EVENING SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... TAKE IMMEDI"ATE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WEILAND
Special weather statement, May 11, 6:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
WYZ012-120130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 650 PM MDT SAT MAY 11 1991 ...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF TORRINGTON... SINCE 630 PM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED RAPIDLY BETWEEN LAGRANGE AND HAWK SPRINGS...ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF TORRINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD MOVE JUST TO THE WEST OF TORRINGTON BETWEEN 700 AND 730 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE NORTH. PEOPLE IN THE CITIES OF HAWK SPRINGS...LAGRANGE...YODER AND VETERAN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS INTENSE STORM. TAKE APPROPRIATE SHELTER WHEN THE STORM APPROACHES. WEILAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 6:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 40 min |
| May 11, 7:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 40 min |
| May 11, 8:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 62 min |
| May 11, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 25 min |
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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.