Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at May 5, 1993, 6:52 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1993, 6:52 PM MDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1993, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 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, 0.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 487 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBFF 060058 COR
TORBFF
NEC161-060130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECT LAST PARAGRAPH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
652 PM MDT WED MAY 5 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
SHERIDAN
AT 649 PM MDT A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF RUSHVILLE...
OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHADRON NEBRASKA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABANDON
CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.
GIVE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMlAGE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
THIS WARNING CANCELS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY
ISSUED FOR SHERIDAN COUNTY.
PFEIFFERWhat 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, May 5, 3:42 PM MDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
WYZ059>062-067>073-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 345 PM MDT WED MAY 5 1993 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR LARAMIE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR LARAMIE COUNTY WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ALBANY....PLATTE...GOSHEN...AND NIOBRARA COUNTIES. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EARLIER MOVED THROUGH CHEYENNE HAS MOVED NORTH AND OUT OF LARAMIE COUNTY. AT 330 PM THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN ALBANY...PLATTE AND GOSHEN COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN GUERNSEY...19 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHEATLAND...AND GLENDOE...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOUGLAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THEIR AREA. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IF A TORNADO APPEARS. MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT STURDY SHELTER FROM TORNADOES. WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE HARRISON
Special weather statement, May 5, 3:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
WYZ059>062-067>073-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 345 PM MDT WED MAY 5 1993 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR LARAMIE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR LARAMIE COUNTY WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ALBANY....PLATTE...GOSHEN...AND NIOBRARA COUNTIES. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EARLIER MOVED THROUGH CHEYENNE HAS MOVED NORTH AND OUT OF LARAMIE COUNTY. AT 330 PM THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN ALBANY...PLATTE AND GOSHEN COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN GUERNSEY...19 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHEATLAND...AND GLENDOE...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOUGLAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THEIR AREA. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IF A TORNADO APPEARS. MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT STURDY SHELTER FROM TORNADOES. WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE HARRISON
Special weather statement, May 5, 4:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
WYZ059>062-067>073-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO ADD CONVERSE COUNTY TO 3RD LINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 400 PM MDT WED MAY 5 1993 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR LARAMIE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR LARAMIE COUNTY WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ALBANY....PLATTE...GOSHEN...NIOBRARA AND CONVERSE COUNTIES. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EARLIER MOVED THROUGH CHEYENNE HAS MOVED NORTH AND OUT OF LARAMIE COUNTY. AT 330 PM THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN ALBANY...PLATTE AND GOSHEN COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN GUERNSEY...19 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHEATLAND...AND GLENDO...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOUGLAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THEIR AREA. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IF A TORNADO APPEARS. MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT STURDY SHELTER FROM TORNADOES. WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE HARRISON
Special weather statement, May 5, 4:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
WYZ059>062-067>073-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO ADD CONVERSE COUNTY TO 3RD LINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 400 PM MDT WED MAY 5 1993 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR LARAMIE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR LARAMIE COUNTY WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ALBANY....PLATTE...GOSHEN...NIOBRARA AND CONVERSE COUNTIES. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EARLIER MOVED THROUGH CHEYENNE HAS MOVED NORTH AND OUT OF LARAMIE COUNTY. AT 330 PM THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN ALBANY...PLATTE AND GOSHEN COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN GUERNSEY...19 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHEATLAND...AND GLENDO...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOUGLAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THEIR AREA. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IF A TORNADO APPEARS. MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT <STURDY SHELTER FROM TORNADOES. WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE HARRISON
Special weather statement, May 5, 4:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
WYZ059>062-067>073-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 450 PM MDT WED MAY 5 1993 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING EARLIER MOVED RAPIDLY TO THE NORTH AND OUT OF THE WATCH AREA. THE ONLY ACTIVITY REMAINING AT 450 PM IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING WAS AN AREA OF LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE LARAMIE VALLEY. THE AIR OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING REMAINS UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. IT IS UNLIKELY HOWEVER THAT STORMS IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE TORNADOES THIS EVENING. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. < WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE HARRISON
Special weather statement, May 5, 4:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
WYZ059>062-067>073-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 450 PM MDT WED MAY 5 1993 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING EARLIER MOVED RAPIDLY TO THE NORTH AND OUT OF THE WATCH AREA. THE ONLY ACTIVITY REMAINING AT 450 PM IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING WAS AN AREA OF LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE LARAMIE VALLEY. THE AIR OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING REMAINS UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. IT IS UNLIKELY HOWEVER THAT STORMS IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE TORNADOES THIS EVENING. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. < WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE HARRISON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 31 min |
| May 5, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 63 min |
| May 5, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 58 min |
| May 6, 5:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Dawes | 28 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.