Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1993, 10:27 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Dawes County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1993, 10:27 PM MDT (04:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1993, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBFF 070427
TORBFF
NEC045-161-013-070500-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
1027 PM MDT SUN JUN 6 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHEAST DAWES...WESTERN SHERIDAN...NORTHEAST BOX BUTTE
AT 1022 PM MDT A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR TO BE 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HEMINGFORD OR 15 MILES NORTH OF ALLIANCE JUST SOUTH
OF THE DAWES AND BOX BUTTE COUNTY LINE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SHERIDAN
COUNTY.
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.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERTH...DITCH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
SALMONSWhat 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, Jun 6, 9:23 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 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 3 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 1 minute 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 1 minute 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, 19 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, 19 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 11:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 11:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 40 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.