Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1991, 4:49 PM MDT for Banner County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1991, 4:49 PM MDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1991, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Banner County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBFF 032249
TORBFF
NEC007-032315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
449 PM MDT MON JUN 3 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
EASTERN BANNER
AT 448 PM MDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED 20 MILES SOUTH OF
SCOTTSBLUFF...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABANDON
CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.
GIVE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PEEKWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 3, 11:21 AM MDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-031815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 1121 AM MDT MON JUN 3 1991 ...INCREASING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 1119 AM MDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCOTTSBLUFF TO 10 MILES NORTH OF SIDNEY TO 40 MILES EAST OF SIDNEY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSS`IBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS EASTERN BANNER...SOUTHERN MORRILL... NORTHERN CHEYENNE AND DEUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM MDT. PEEK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:21 AM MDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
WYZ016-017-031830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1120 AM MDT MON JUN 3 1991 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING LATE THIS MORNING. A FEW OF THESE WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVED NORTH AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING THROUGH THE EVENING. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...SOME OF THE STORMS WILL CAUSE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SOAKED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ANY RAIN TODAY WILL ONLY ADD TO FLOODING PROBLEMS. SOME ADDITIONAL MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IS LIKELY LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING SHOULD AVOID SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. SHOULD YOU ENCOUNTER RISING WATER...CLIMB TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS WvATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH. HATTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:20 PM MDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-031915 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 1220 PM MDT MON JUN 3 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 1218 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF TO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLIANCE TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF ALLIANCE INTO THE ALLIANCE AREA. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SCOTTS BLUFF...MORRILL...GARDEN....BOX BUTTE AND SOUTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM MDT. PEEK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:00 PM MDT, 49 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-032245 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 400 PM MDT MON JUN 3 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 358 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 12 MILES NORTH OF SIDNEY NEAR DALTON...AND 15 MILES WEST OF SIDNEY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS CHEYEN`NE AND KIMBALL COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT. PEEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 12:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 1:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Sioux | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 1:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 5:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner | 25 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.