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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 3, 1992Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1992, 6:50 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1992, 6:50 PM MDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1992, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Sheridan County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -138 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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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 3, 5:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-040010-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
512 PM MDT WED JUN 3 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

AT 510 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERED NORTHWEST SIOUX COUNTY.
THE STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARRISON...OR 45 MILES WEST
OF CHADRON.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  THE COMMUNITIES
HARRISON...ANDREW AND GLEN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM=.

DEADLY LIGHTNING...BREIF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH SIOUX COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST 610 PM MDT.
PEEK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-040045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
544 PM MDT WED JUN 3 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVE QUICKLY OVER THE NORTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

AT 542 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN BY RADAR FROM 30 MILES
WEST OF CHADRON TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHADRON.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THE STORMS WILL PASS OVER FORT ROBINSON...CRAWFORD
AND EVENTUALLY CHADRON.

DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRtEIF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH SIOUX AND DAWES COUNTIES UNTIL AT LEAST 700
PM MDT.
PEEK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:54 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-040100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
544 PM MDT WED JUN 3 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVE QUICKLY OVER THE NORTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

AT 542 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN BY RADAR FROM 30 MILES
WEST OF CHADRON TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHADRON.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THE STORMS WILL PASS OVER FORT ROBINSON...CRAWFORD
AND EVENTUALLY CUHADRON.

DEADLY LIGHTNING...BREIF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH SIOUX AND DAWES COUNTIES UNTIL AT LEAST 700
PM MDT.
PEEK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte47 min
Jun 3, 7:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGarden28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.