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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 30, 1993Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1993, 8:43 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1993, 8:43 PM MDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1993, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
62 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, 2.7 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 1993-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 1993-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 30, 8:16 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:16 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-010330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
816 PM MDT WED JUN 30 1993

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

AN ISOLATED AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES EAST OF
CHADRON TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHADRON ON THE NEBRASKA-SOUTH DAKOTA
STATELINE...JUST SOUTH OF PINE RIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA.  AT 814 PM MDT...THE
AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STORMS IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF DAWES COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM MDT
...AND IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SHERIDAN COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM MDT.
PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:23 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
WYZ072-073-010300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
825 PM MDT WED JUN 30 1993

...THUNDERSTORM ARE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING.  AT 815 PM
THIS EVENING THE STORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURNS WY...OR
ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE.

MARBLE SIZE DIAMETER HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.  IT WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING FOR THE
NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES.  HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.  IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE
SHELTER.

WCJIN-WYSE-
CGB
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:25 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
WYZ072-073-010300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
825 PM MDT WED JUN 30 1993

...THUNDERSTORM ARE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING.  AT 815 PM
THIS EVENING THE STORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURNS WY...OR
ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE.

MARBLE SIZE DIAMETER HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.  IT WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING FOR THE
NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES.  HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.  IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE
SHELTER.

WCJIN-WYSE-
CGB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 9:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball25 min
Jun 30, 9:21 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSSheridan24 min
Jul 1, 2:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDeuel21 min
Jun 30, 8:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 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.