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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 6, 1993Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1993, 11:15 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1993, 11:15 PM MDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1993, 11:45 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Sheridan County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 1993-06-07Temperature 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 1993-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 6, 9:23 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-070430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
923 PM MDT SUN JUN 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTH AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE...

AT 920 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH
SCOTTS BLUFF...SIOUX...BOX BUTTE...DAWES AND NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES
OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 30 MILES WEST OF
ALLIANCE OR 20 MILES NORTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF SOUTHEAST SIOUX COUNTY.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHADRON IN NORTHWEST
DAWES COUNTY.  ALL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORM AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL PARTS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 1030 PM MDT.
SALMONS
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-070430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
923 PM MDT SUN JUN 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTH AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE...

AT 920 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH
SCOTTS BLUFF...SIOUX...BOX BUTTE...DAWES AND NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES
OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 30 MILES WEST OF
ALLIANCE OR 20 MILES NORTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF SOUTHEAST SIOUX COUNTY.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHADRON IN NORTHWEST
DAWES COUNTY.  ALL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORM AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL PARTS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 1030 PM MDT.
SALMONS
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
WYZ066-067-069-071-072-070400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
926 PM MDT SUN JUN 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS
EVENING...

AT 920 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ABOUT SOUTHEAST
WYOMING.  ONE STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LARAMIE.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE.
ALL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AROUND 35 MPH.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SMALL HAIL
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS.  GO INSIDE IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

WCJIN-WYSE
DJV
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
WYZ066-067-069-071-072-070400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
926 PM MDT SUN JUN 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS
EVENING...

AT 920 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ABOUT SOUTHEAST
WYOMING.  ONE STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LARAMIE.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE.
ALL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AROUND 35 MPH.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SMALL HAIL
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS.  GO INSIDE IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

WCJIN-WYSE
DJV
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
WYZ069-070-070445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1008 PM MDT SUN JUN 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WESTERN GOSHEN COUNTY OF
SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

AT 1005 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON.  ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 35
MILES SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE IN GOSHEN COUNTY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE STORMS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER.

WCJIN-WYSE
DJV
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
WYZ069-070-070445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1008 PM MDT SUN JUN 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WESTERN GOSHEN COUNTY OF
SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

AT 1005 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON.  ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 35
MILES SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE IN GOSHEN COUNTY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE STORMS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER.

WCJIN-WYSE
DJV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 10:27 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSBox Butte, Dawes, Sheridan33 min
Jun 6, 11:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSioux40 min
Jun 6, 8:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen43 min
Jun 6, 9:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie52 min
Jun 6, 10:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen58 min
Jun 7, 1:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie45 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.