Alert archive / Wyoming / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1993, 5:46 PM MDT for Albany County, Wyoming. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1993, 5:46 PM MDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1993, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Albany County, WY
The nearest sounding before it
Lander/Hunt Fiel, WY (KLND), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 1431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCYS 162349 RRA SVRCYS WYC001-170030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 546 PM MDT WED JUN 16 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING ...EAST CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IN THE CENTRAL LARAMIE MOUNTAINS. NO TOWNS ARE NEAR THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WHEATLAND RESERVOIR IN EAST CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY. THE STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOSLER AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. ALSO...BECAUSE THE STORM IS MOVING THROUGH MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. MOVE AWAY FROM STREAMS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THIS HAZARD. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. CAS
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 16, 5:14 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
WYZ058-059-060-061-062-066-067-068-069-070-170215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 514 PM MDT WED JUN 16 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 10 PM MDT... ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WYOMING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL WYOMING MOVED INTO EAST CENTRAL WYOMING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED UP TO TWO INCH DIAMETER HAIL. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 10 PM FOR EAST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF DOUGLAS...LUSK...TORRINGTON... WHEATLAND...NEWCASTLE AND ROCK RIVER. THE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE CHEYENNE OR LARAMIE. SINCE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WYOMING...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THOSE LOCATIONS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. CASPER...GILLETTE...BUFFALO AND SUNDANCE ARE NO LONGER UNDER A TORNDAO WATCH. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO THE SHELTER OF A STURDY BUILDING. MOBLIE HOMES AND METAL OUT BUILDINGS ARE NOT SAFE SHELTER FROM TORNADOES. MOVE TO AN INNER ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS OR WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE TORNADO WATCH. WCJIN-WYNE-WYSE- BAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:15 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
WYZ058-059-060-061-062-066-067-068-069-070-170215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 514 PM MDT WED JUN 16 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 10 PM MDT... ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WYOMING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL WYOMING MOVED INTO EAST CENTRAL WYOMING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED UP TO TWO INCH DIAMETER HAIL. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 10 PM FOR EAST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF DOUGLAS...LUSK...TORRINGTON... WHEATLAND...NEWCASTLE AND ROCK RIVER. THE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE CHEYENNE OR LARAMIE. SINCE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WYOMING...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THOSE LOCATIONS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. CASPER...GILLETTE...BUFFALO AND SUNDANCE ARE NO LONGER UNDER A TORNDAO WATCH. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO THE SHELTER OF A STURDY BUILDING. MOBLIE HOMES AND METAL OUT BUILDINGS ARE NOT SAFE SHELTER FROM TORNADOES. MOVE TO AN INNER ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS OR WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE TORNADO WATCH. WCJIN-WYNE-WYSE- BAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:31 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 531 PM MDT WED JUN 16 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND FOR SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY... AT 527 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN SIOUX COUNTY. THE STORM WAS 47 MILES WEST OF CHADRON...OR FROM 5 MILES WEST TO 8 MILES NORTH OF HARRISON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE IN THE HARRISON VICINITY BY 545 PM MDT. HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM THIS STORM IN WYOMING. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM OVER NORTHERN SIOUX COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM MDT. KYLE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:31 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 531 PM MDT WED JUN 16 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND FOR SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY... AT 527 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN SIOUX COUNTY. THE STORM WAS 47 MILES WEST OF CHADRON...OR FROM 5 MILES WEST TO 8 MILES NORTH OF HARRISON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE IN THE HARRISON VICINITY BY 545 PM MDT. HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM THIS STORM IN WYOMING. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM OVER NORTHERN SIOUX COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM MDT. KYLE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:33 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
WYZ033-034-063-064-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 535 PM MDT WED JUN 16 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN THE WAMSUTTER AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING. AT 515 PM THIS AFTERNOON RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND STEADY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN AND AROUND THE WAMSUTTER AREA. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT NEXT HOUR OR TWO. PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAI4NS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. WCJIN-WYSW-WYSE- CGB
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:35 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
WYZ033-034-063-064-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 535 PM MDT WED JUN 16 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN THE WAMSUTTER AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING. AT 515 PM THIS AFTERNOON RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND STEADY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN AND AROUND THE WAMSUTTER AREA. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT NEXT HOUR OR TWO. PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. WCJIN-WYSW-WYSE- CGB
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.