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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 29, 1992Platte County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1992, 7:55 PM MDT for Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 35 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1992, 7:55 PM MDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1992, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Platte County, WY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 8:00 PM MDTHail 1Platte, WY
Jun 29, 8:15 PM MDTHail 2.75Platte, WY
Jun 29, 8:40 PM MDTHail 0.75Platte, WY

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 274 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-30Temperature 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 1992-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 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 KCYS 300154
TORCYS
WYC031-300230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
755 PM MDT MON JUN 29 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING
 
   ...CENTRAL PLATTE COUNTY
      INCLUDES THE CITY OF WHEATLAND
 
AT 745PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE TOUCHED ONE
AND HALF MILES EAST OF THE TOWN OF WHEATLAND. SEVERAL
OTHER FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED SOUTH AND EAST
OF THE TOWN.
 
THIS STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PLATTE
COUNTY EXPIRED AT 745PM AND THIS IS A TORNADO WARNING
REPLACING THE WARNING.
 
 
 
 
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 INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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, Jun 29, 1:59 PM MDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
WYZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-018-019-050-051-292300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
155 PM MDT MON JUN 29 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL WYOMING UNTIL 800 PM...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING
UNTIL 800 PM. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHERIDAN...WORLAND...
CODY AND LOVELL AS WELL AS ALL OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ONE THAT PRODUCES THREE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR
LARGER DIAMETER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 58 MILES AN HOUR OR MORE.

SHORTLY BEFORE 100 PM...THE JACKSON AIRPORT RECORDED A WIND GUST TO 54
MILES AN HOUR FROM NEARBY THUNDERSTORMS. AT 130 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE
WIDESPREAD OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WHEN A STORM APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS OR TO AN
APPROPRIATE SHELTER.
WEILAND
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:50 PM MDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
WYZ051>055-057-058>062-066>073-292300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
250 PM MDT MON JUN 29 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WYOMING UNTIL
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
WYZ069-300030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
430 PM MDT MON JUN 29 1992

...MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED SOUTHWEST OF WHEATLAND...

AT 415 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WHEATLAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER A SIMILAR PATH OF THE STORMS THAT
OCCURRED AROUND 330 PM.

THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE SAME PATH OF THESE
STORMS...FLOODING OF SYBILLE CREEK IS POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF WHEATLAND AND IN RHE WHEATLAND AREA SHOULD
EXPECT MORE THUNDERSTORMS BY 500 PM. BE PREPARED FOR FLOODING...AND
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF STREAMS BEGIN TO RISE.
WEILAND
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
WYZ001-002-300120-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
620 PM MDT MON JUN 29 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR YELLOWSTONE
NATIONAL PARK...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.  THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD
DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THIS AREA AS OF 6 PM.
HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING.

PEOPLE IN FAR NORTHWEST WYOMING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF THE EVENING.  A FEW OF THESE STORMS
MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDlS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
WHEN A STORM APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS OR TO AN APPROPRIATE SHELTER.

AR/SGS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:22 PM MDT, 33 minutes before
WYZ072-073-300220-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
720 PM MDT MON JUN 29 1992

...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY JUST TO THE SOUTH OF
EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY SINCE 710 PM...20 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CHEYENNE. THE STORM WAS STILL IN COLORADO...BUT WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE CITIES OF CARPENTER AND PINE BLUFFS BY BETWEEN 730 PM AND
815 PM.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

IN ADDITION...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN
WYOMING UNTIL 900 PM.

PEOPLE IN THE CITIES OF CARP#ENTER AND PINE BLUFFS SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM. WHEN THE STORM APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS
TO A SAFE SHELTER.
WEILAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 6:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan27 min
Jun 29, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSPlatte46 min
Jun 29, 7:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie53 min
Jun 29, 8:31 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSGoshen, Platte29 min
Jun 30, 12:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBig Horn32 min
Jun 30, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSJohnson26 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Wyoming, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.