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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 1992, 4:36 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1992, 4:36 PM MDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1992, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 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, 10.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBFF 112236
TORBFF
NEC013-112315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
436 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
BOX BUTTE...THE CITY OF ALLIANCE
AT 435 PM MDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 15 MILES
WEST OF ALLIANCE...ALONG THE BOX BUTTE/MORRILL COUNTY LINE. THE
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
GIVE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TAKE COVER NOW.
PFEIFFERWhat 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, Jul 11, 11:22 AM MDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
WYZ025-029>034-063-112030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1120 AM MDT SAT JUL 11 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WYOMING... AT 11AM MDT RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT SHOWED A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WYOMING. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 25 MILES EAST OF EVANSTON WITH A COUPLE OTHER STRONG STORMS 55 MILES NORTHEAST AND 55 MILES EAST OF EVANSTON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE SWEETWATER/CARBON COUNTY BORDER JUST WEST OF RAWLINS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. BOATERS AND OTHER PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF A THREATENING STORM APPROACHES. COX
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 12:28 PM MDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
WYZ025-029>034-063-112030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1227 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 1992 ...SEVERAL QUITE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING... AT NOON RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT SHOWED SEVERAL QUITE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING. ONE STORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCK SPRINGS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED AT GREEN RIVER WITH THIS STORM. ANOTHER STORM WAS JUST EAST OF FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTH OF ROCK SPRINGS. A THIRD STORM WAS 45 MILES EAST OF EVANSTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM JUST WEST OF ROCK SPRINGS WILL BE OVER THE CITY OF ROCK SPRINGS BY 130PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BOATERS AND OTHER PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF A THREATENING THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. COX
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:17 PM MDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
WYZ066>073-112030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 117 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING... THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTER- NOON. THE STRONGEST STRORMS WERE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MILES SOUTH OF TORRINGTON...NEAR HAWK SPRINGS RESERVOIR. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. BOATERS SHOULD GET OFF THE WATER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. SCOTT
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:13 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-112115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 214 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 900 PM MDT... AT 212 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF IN BANNER COUNTY...AND 18 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEAR MORRILL IN WESTERN SCOTTSBLUFF. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS IN BANNER...SCOTTS BLUFF...AND SOUTHERN SIOUX COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 601 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 900 PM MDT THIS EVENING. PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
WYZ063-064-065-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 310 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS WERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING... THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON. AT 240 PM THE RAWLINS AIRPORT HAD A GUST TO 55 MILES AN HOUR IN A THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. SCOTT
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:30 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
WYZ062-070-073-112315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 429 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 1992 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LINGERED IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 425 PM MDT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN SOUTHEAST GOSHEN AND SOUTHEAST LARAMIE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO WEAKEN AS THEY MOVED EAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING BEFORE MOVING INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY 515 PM MDT. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN NIOBRARA...GOSHEN...AND EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTIES ARE REMINDED THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMIANS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE STILL FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. < DJV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Kimball | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Morrill, Scotts Bluff | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Morrill | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 9:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Morrill | 27 min |
| Jul 11, 2:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 22 min |
| Jul 11, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 27 min |
| Jul 11, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 23 min |
| Jul 11, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 5:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 25 min |
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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.