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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1994, 7:42 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1994, 7:42 PM MDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1994, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 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, 1.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2411 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 4, 4:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-042345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 448 PM MDT SAT JUNE 24 1994 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 445 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. THE COVERAGE SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PANHANDLE RESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED WEATHER HAZARDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. RENZ
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-042345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 448 PM MDT SAT JUNE 24 1994 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 445 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. THE COVERAGE SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PANHANDLE RESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED WEATHER HAZARDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. RENZ
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:42 PM MDT, 2 hours before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 542 PM MDT SAT JUNE 24 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 540 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A FEW SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHADRON...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLIANCE...AND 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE ALL MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PERSONS PLANNING ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE PANHANDLE THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP THEMSELVES AWARE OF THE STORM ACTIVITY IN THEIR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. RENZ
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:42 PM MDT, 2 hours before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 542 PM MDT SAT JUNE 24 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 540 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A FEW SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHADRON...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLIANCE...AND 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE ALL MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PERSONS PLANNING ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE PANHANDLE THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP THEMSELVES AWARE OF THE STORM ACTIVITY IN THEIR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. RENZ
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Dawes | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 6:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 7:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 19 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.