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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 21, 1992Garden County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1992, 5:21 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 1992, 5:21 PM MDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 1992, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Garden County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 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 KBFF 212321
SVRBFF
NEC069-220000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
521 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
      NORTHERN GARDEN

AT 517 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES NORTHWEST
OF OSHKOSH NEBRASKA.  THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40
MILES AN HOUR.

PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING BY TAKING COVER.  STAY AWAY FROM AREAS 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.

GIVE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

EMAN.UEL

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, Jul 21, 1:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
WYZ053-058>062-066>073-212030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
130 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
WYOMING AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN DEVELOPING IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
WYOMING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED MARBLE SIZED
HAIL AT DOUGLAS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OFTEN DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

THERFORE...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST WYOMING.  THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING.

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH...WESTON...
CONVERSE...NIOBRARA...ALBANY...PLATTE...GOSHEN...LARAMIE AND SOUTHERN
CAMPBELL.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES...NEWCASTLE...DOUGLAS
...LUSK...LARAMIE...WHEATLAND...TORRINGTON...CHEYENNE...AND WRIGHT.

PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE
LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.  STAY TUNED TO NOAAv WEATHER RADIO OR THE
LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.  IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY QUICKLY.

DJV
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
WYZ059>061-066>069-212330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
415 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 1992

...THE TORNADO WATCH WAS CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING
AT 415 PM THIS AFTERNOON. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOT DEVELOPED IN THE EAST CENTRAL PORTION OF
WYOMING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS THAT WILL DEVELOP IN THIS
AREA ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS TUESDAY EVENING.

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE TORNADO WATCH...
CONVERSE...PLATTE AND ALBANY.  TOWNS NO LONGER IN THE WATCH...
DOUGLAS...WHEATLAND AND LARAMIE

SGS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 3:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSioux35 min
Jul 21, 3:27 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSSioux33 min
Jul 21, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSScotts Bluff, Sioux35 min
Jul 21, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Scotts Bluff26 min
Jul 21, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte, Morrill39 min
Jul 21, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne32 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.