Alert archive / Wyoming / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1994, 7:49 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1994, 7:49 PM MDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1994, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Laramie County, WY
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 400 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
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, Jul 13, 6:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-140145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 643 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PANHANDLE... AT 635 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN KIMBALL COUNTY 53 MILES SOUTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF KIMBALL. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST ACROSS THE NEBRASKA-WYOMING BORDER 30 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND... SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN KIMBALL...WESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF AND WESTERN BANNER COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH 745 PM MDT. EMANUEL
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-140145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 643 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PANHANDLE... AT 635 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN KIMBALL COUNTY 53 MILES SOUTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF KIMBALL. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST ACROSS THE NEBRASKA-WYOMING BORDER 30 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND... SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. R(ESIDENTS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN KIMBALL...WESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF AND WESTERN BANNER COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH 745 PM MDT. EMANUEL
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:58 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
WYZ069-070-140130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 658 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM MDT. AT 655 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STORM HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL MAY CONTINUE IN THE CARPENTER AREA THROUGH 715 PM. WCJIN-WYSE JBS
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:58 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
WYZ069-070-140130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 658 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM MDT. AT 655 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STORM HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL MAY CONTINUE IN THE CARPENTER AREA THROUGH 715 PM. WCJIN-WYSE JBS
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:06 PM MDT, 43 minutes before
WYZ015-062-064-065-140200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 710 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS ALBANY COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALBANY COUNTY AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THE ROCK RIVER AREA. SHORTLY BEFORE 7PM THIS EVENING SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT ROCK RIVER. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF LOCAL HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WCJIN-WYSE CGB
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:10 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
WYZ015-062-064-065-140200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 710 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS ALBANY COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALBANY COUNTY AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THE ROCK RIVER AREA. SHORTLY BEFORE 7PM THIS EVENING SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT ROCK RIVER. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF LOCAL HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WCJIN-WYSE CGB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 6:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Platte | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 6:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Platte | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 6:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 7:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 7:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Albany | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 9:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 22 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.