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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 13, 1992Box Butte County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1992, 5:26 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1992, 5:26 PM MDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1992, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Box Butte County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 1992-06-13Temperature 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 1992-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
-323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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 132326
SVRBFF
NEC045-013-140030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
526 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
      SOUTHERN DAWES...BOX BUTTE...THE CITY OF ALLIANCE

AT 523 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR...5
MILES NORTH OF HEMINGFORD OR 22 MILES NORTH OF ALLIANCE AND 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HEMINGFORD OR 16 MILES WEST OF ALLIANCE.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A REINFORCED
BUILDING.  STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  A BASEMENT...INTERIOR HALLWAY...
OR A ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IS THE SAFEST PLACE IN MOST BUILDINGS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL APPROACH THE CITY OF HEMINGFORD BY 545 PM
MDT AND THE CITY OF ALLIANCE BEFORE 630 PM MDT.

KYLE

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 13, 3:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-132230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
345 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

AT 3405 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORD OR
25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHADRON IN NORTHEAST SIOUX COUNTY.  THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WI{NDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SIOUX...DAWES...
SCOTTS BLUFF...BANNER AND KIMBALL COUNTIES UNTIL AROUND 430 PM MDT.
SALMONS
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-132240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
340 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

AT 343 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORD OR
25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHADRON IN NORTHEAST SIOUX COUNTY.  THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SIOUX...DAWES...
SCOTTS BLUFF...BANNER AND KIMBALL COUNTIES UNTIL AROUND 430 PM MDT.
SALMONS

CORRECTION FOR TIME
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
WYZ070-073-132300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
355 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 1992

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST
SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF PINE BLUFFS WYOMING ON THE INTERSECTION OF
THE COLORADO...NEBRASKA AND WYOMING BORDERS. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WERE
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.  ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS ABOUT 40 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE NEAR THE TOWN OF ALBIN.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS
INTO THIS EVENING.  SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...
SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  SHOULD A THUNDERSTORM APPROACH YOURG
AREA...TAKE COVER...INSIDE IF POSSIBLE.

SCOTT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes60 min
Jun 13, 4:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes63 min
Jun 13, 5:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes34 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.