Alert archive / Wyoming / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1992, 6:07 PM MDT for Washakie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1992, 6:07 PM MDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1992, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washakie County, WY
The nearest sounding before it
Lander/Hunt Fiel, WY (KLND), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1376 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 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 KSHR 160007 TORSHR WYC043-160045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHERIDAN WY 607 PM MDT FRI MAY 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHERIDAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING ...WESTERN WASHAKIE COUNTY AT 6 PM MDT...A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO AND 1/2 INCH HAIL 23 MILES WEST OF WORLAND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST. PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF WORLAND NEED TO TAKE ACTION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTQERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. EVANS NNNN
What 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, May 15, 2:43 PM MDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
NEZ002-152200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 243 PM MDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 236 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF VALENTINE. ANOTHER STORM WAS 25 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OUT OF CHERRY COUNTY BY 400 PM CDT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS OVER EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM MDT. KYLE
Special weather statement, May 15, 2:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
NEZ002-152200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 243 PM MDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 236 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF VALENTINE. ANOTHER STORM WAS 25 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OUT OF CHERRY COUNTY BY 400 PM MDT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS OVER EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM MDT. KYLE
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:31 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-152230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 331 PM MDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 326 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN SIOUX AND MORRILL COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE 9 MILES NORTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF AND 25 MILES SOUTH OF ALLIANCE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SCOTTS BLUFF...DEUEL AND SIOUX COUNTIES. BRIEF RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS OVER SIOUX AND SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM MDT. KYLE
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
WYZALL-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 410 PM MDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING UNTIL 10 PM MDT... THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER MUCH OF WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER WESTERN WYOMING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST. STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAD ACCOMPANIED THESE STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 10 PM MDT. WIND GUSTS TO 70 MILES AN HOUR AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH TAKE SHELTER. SCOTT
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
WYZALL-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 410 PM MDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING UNTIL 10 PM MDT... THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER MUCH OF WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER WESTERN WYOMING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST. STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAD ACCOMPANIED THESE STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 10 PM MDT. WIND GUSTS TO 70 MILES AN HOUR AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH TAKE SHELTER. SCOTT
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 455 PM MDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 450 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GARDEN COUNTY ...30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALLIANCE OR 25 MILES NORTH OF OSHKOSH. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN SIOUX AND DAWES COUNTIES...ALSO MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE OVER GARDEN...SIOUX AND DAWES COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM MDT. KYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 10:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Sweetwater | 13 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.