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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 29, 1992Garden County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 1992, 4:30 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 1992, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1992, 4:54 PM MDT
In force
24 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, 10.5 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 1992-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 426 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBFF 292230
TORBFF
NEC069-292300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
430 PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
      WESTERN GARDEN

AT 429 PM MDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 35 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY...OR 22 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH ENTERING WESTERN
GARDEN COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MORRILL COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 430 PM MDT.

TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  ABANDON
CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.

TAKE COVER NOW.

PFEIFFER

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, Jul 29, 1:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-292030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
118 PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

AT 116 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MOST OF KIMBALL COUNTY...IN THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PANHANDLE.  KIMBALL POLICE REPORTED PEA-SIZED
HAIL AND LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IN THE CITY OF KIMBALL.  THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL
BE POSSIBLE OVER KIMBALL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM MDT.
PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:04 PM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
WYZ058-062-070-073-302100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
203PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EXTREME EASTERN WYOMING
   UNTIL 8PM MDT...

A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED FROM 2PM MDT UNTIL 8PM MDT FOR MUCH
OF EXTREME EASTERN WYOMING.  THE WATCH INCLUDED THE COUNTIES OF WESTON
...NIOBRARA...GOSHEN AND EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTIES OF WYOMING.

CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA WERE LUSK...PINE BLUFFS...NEW CASTLE
AND TORRINGTON.

CHEYENNE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING HAIL...STRONG WINDS...
INTENSE LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.  PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IF THREATENING WEATHER
DEVELOPS.  ALSO BE SURE TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE
NEAREST LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
WYZ070-292115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
215 PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY
THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 210 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING
IN WEST CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 30
MILES NORTHWEST OF TORRINGTON...WHICH IS 7 MILES EAST OF GUERNSEY.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF TORRINGTON.  ALL
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...STRONG
WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  REMEMBER THAT THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OFTEN TIMES DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.  IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...MOVE
TO A STURDY BUILDING IF POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN GOSHEN COUNTY ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

VIRGILLITO
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:27 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-292130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
228 PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS IN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...
...TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES PANHANDLE UNTIL 800 PM MDT...

AT 226 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER KIMBALL...BANNER...AND CHEYENNE
COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  THE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL
BE POSSIBLE OVER KIMBALL...BANNER... AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
MDT.

A TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 800 PM MDT THIS
EVENING.
PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:03 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
WYZ058-062-070-073-300000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
402PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EASTERN WYOMING
UNTIL 8PM TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN WYOMING AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON.  THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EASTERN BORDER
AREA OF THE STATE.  A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS REGION
UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING.

THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES WESTON...NIOBRARA...GOSHEN...AND EASTERN
LARAMIE COUNTIES.

CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE PINE BLUFFS...TORRINGTON...LUSK...AND
NEWCASTLE.

SHORTLY BEFORE 4PM THIS AFTERNOON...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
BEING REPORTED IN PARTS OF EXTREME EASTERN WYOMING.  AT THAT TIME...
MOST STORMS WERE STILL WEAK.  PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO
REMAIN ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER SITUATION.  CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR THESE STORMS TO STRENGTHEN LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS,
EVENING.

CGB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 6:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGarden12 min
Jul 29, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSMorrill35 min
Jul 29, 3:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSMorrill29 min
Jul 29, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan32 min
Jul 29, 4:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSMorrill29 min
Jul 29, 4:16 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSMorrill14 min
Jul 29, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan29 min
Jul 29, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGarden28 min
Jul 29, 5:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSioux26 min
Jul 29, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan30 min
Jul 29, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte29 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.