Alert archive / Wyoming / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1994, 6:18 PM MDT for Goshen County, Wyoming. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1994, 6:18 PM MDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1994, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Goshen County, WY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:25 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | W Yoder, WY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 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 KCYS 140018 TORCYS WYC015-140045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 618 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING ...SOUTHERN GOSHEN COUNTY AT 614 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY AN OBSERVER 14 TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHUGWATER...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON IN WESTERN GOSHEN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO BETWEEN YODER AND HAWK SPRINGS BETWEEN 630 AND 645 PM. IF YOU ARE NEAR YODER OR HAWK SPRINGS...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. TAKE SHUELTER IN THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM UNDER A STURDY TABLE OR BENCH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF N$O BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. WCJIN-WYSE SULLIVAN &
What 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, Jul 13, 4:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
WYZ067-068-069-070-132345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 436 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...PEA SIZED HAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF CHEYENNE... AT 425 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM WAS ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF CHEYENNE. AN OBSERVER IN THE AREA REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL. NO STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING A LITTLE SOUTH OF EAST AND WILL BE MOVING OVER INTERSTATE 80 MIDWAY BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND HILLSDAILE. HILLSDALE IS ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE. RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH THE PEA SIZED HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN OR PULL OVER FOR A FEW MOMENTS AS THIS STORM MOVES OVER INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN NOW AND 445 PM MDT. WCJIN-WYSE CAS & *aV" n6WWUS2 gf6WWUS> FbFTCN E%FTUSpb A6"FTMC yl `WWUS w WUUS e6WWUS^ LAKLFTCN o WUUS b16WWUS UBw%FTCNf> BFTUS Ck}FTUS: WUShDf6WWUS 8e`WWUS b WUUS DFTXW.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
WYZ067-068-069-070-132345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 436 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...PEA SIZED HAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF CHEYENNE... AT 425 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM WAS ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF CHEYENNE. AN OBSERVER IN THE AREA REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL. NO STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING A LITTLE SOUTH OF EAST AND WILL BE MOVING OVER INTERSTATE 80 MIDWAY BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND HILLSDAILE. HILLSDALE IS ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE. RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH THE PEA SIZED HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN OR PULL OVER FOR A FEW MOMENTS AS THIS STORM MOVES OVER INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN NOW AND 445 PM MDT. WCJIN-WYSE CAS &
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
WYZ067-068-069-070-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 458 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH WHEATLAND BY 515 PM... AT 455 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHEATLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME PEA SIZED HAIL AS IT MOVES THROUGH WHEATLAND SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM. IF YOU ARE NEAR THIS STORM...OR ANY OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL AFTER THE STORMS PASS. REMEMBER THAT ..ALL.. THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN LIGHTNING...WHICH CAN START FIRES AND CAUSE ELECTROCUTION. WCJIN-WYSE JBS
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
WYZ067-068-069-070-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 458 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH WHEATLAND BY 515 PM... AT 455 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHEATLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME PEA SIZED HAIL AS IT MOVES THROUGH WHEATLAND SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM. IF YOU ARE NEAR THIS STORM...OR ANY OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL AFTER THE STORMS PASS. REMEMBER THAT ..ALL.. THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN LIGHTNING...WHICH CAN START FIRES AND CAUSE ELECTROCUTION. 4 WCJIN-WYSE JBS
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
WYZ069-070-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 514 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY... AT 510 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF PINE BLUFFS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. WITH THIS MOVEMENT...THE PINE BLUFFS AREA SHOULD SEE THESE STORMS BETWEEN 530 AND 545 PM. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS THE STORMS MOVE THORUGH. MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. WCJIN-WYSE AR
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
WYZ069-070-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 514 PM MDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY... AT 510 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF PINE BLUFFS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. WITH THIS MOVEMENT...THE PINE BLUFFS AREA SHOULD SEE THESE STORMS BETWEEN 530 AND 545 PM. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS THE STORMS MOVE THORUGH. MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. WCJIN-WYSE AR
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, 6:22 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, 7:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 26 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
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.