Alert archive / Wyoming / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1992, 8:31 PM MDT for Goshen County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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, 8:31 PM MDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1992, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Goshen County, WY, Platte County, WY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:40 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Platte, WY | |
| Jun 29, 8:45 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Platte, 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCYS 300234 TORCYS WYC015-031-300300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 831 PM MDT MON JUN 29 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING ...SOUTHERN GOSHEN COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SLATER...VETERAN...YODER AND HAWK SPRINGS. AT 825 PM...SEVERAL TORNADOES CONTINUE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF WHEATLAND. THE TORNADOES HAVE TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY. IN ADDITION... THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. BASEBALL SIZED HAIL WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF WHEATLAND AT 815 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN GOSHEN COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER RIGHT AWAY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM FOR CENTRAL PLATTE COUNTY. 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 WIN/DOWS. WEILAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Platte | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 7:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Platte | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 12:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Big Horn | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Johnson | 26 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.