Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1993, 5:10 PM MDT for Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1993, 5:10 PM MDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1993, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morrill County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 2947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 122310
TORBFF
NEC123-122345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
510 PM MDT SAT JUN 12 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
MORRILL
AT 508 PM MDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 35 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA...NEAR BRIDGEPORT. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MPH.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWN OF BROADWATER.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY
ISSUED FOR MORRILL COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM...IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES.
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, Jun 12, 3:10 PM MDT, 2 hours before
WYZ071-072-073-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 310 PM MDT SAT JUN 12 1993 A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF CHEYENNE WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE CITY BETWEEN 315 PM TO 345 PM AND CONTINUE NORTHEAST INTO EAST CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE CITY OF CHEYENNE. LAUZE
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:10 PM MDT, 2 hours before
WYZ071-072-073-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 310 PM MDT SAT JUN 12 1993 A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF CHEYENNE WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE CITY BETWEEN 315 PM TO 345 PM AND CONTINUE NORTHEAST INTO EAST CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE CITY OF CHEYENNE. LAUZE
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 4:34 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-122330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 434 PM MDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH 422 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PNHANDLE... A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR A LARGE AREA UNTIL 1000 PM MDT THIS EVENING. INTERSTATE 80...KIMBALL...CHEYENNE...AND DEUEL COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WERE INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH. AT 432 PM MDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF CHADRON NEBRASKA TO 25 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE WYOMING... ACROSS THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN WYOMING. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 530 PM. . TORNADO WATCH 422 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KIMBALL...CHEYENNE...AND DEUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM MDT THIS EVENING. PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 4:34 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-122330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 434 PM MDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH 422 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PNHANDLE... A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR A LARGE AREA UNTIL 1000 PM MDT THIS EVENING. INTERSTATE 80...KIMBALL...CHEYENNE...AND DEUEL COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WERE INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH. AT 432 PM MDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF CHADRON NEBRASKA TO 25 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE WYOMING... ACROSS THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN WYOMING. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 530 PM. . TORNADO WATCH 422 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KIMBALL...CHEYENNE...AND DEUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM MDT THIS EVENING. PFEIFFER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 31 min |
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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.