Alert archive / Wyoming / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 1994, 3:20 PM MDT for Albany County, Wyoming. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1994, 3:20 PM MDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1994, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Albany County, WY
The nearest sounding before it
Lander/Hunt Fiel, WY (KLND), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 1474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 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 162124 TORCYS WYC001-162145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 320 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING ...SOUTHEASTERN ALBANY COUNTY ...THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF LARAMIE OR ANY OTHER TOWNS... AT 320 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUFORD OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LARAMIE. THIS TORNADO WAS JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 287. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 287...PULL OVER AND SEEK SHELTER NOW. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. WCJIN-WYSE EVANS
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 16, 10:08 AM MDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
WYZ059-060-064-066>070-161900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1008 AM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 ...QUITE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AGAIN ERUPT OVER EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING... A MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL AGAIN PREVAIL OVER EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN EXTENDS FROM A DOUGLAS TO LUSK LINE SOUTH TO THE COLORADO BORDER...AND FROM THE LARAMIE RANGE EAST TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER. THIS INCLUDES...CONVERSE...NIOBRARA...PLATTE...GOSHEN AND LARAMIE COUNTIES. QUITE STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARTS THIS AFTERNOON. VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS COULD OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. < PEOPLE IN EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER TODAY AND INTO EARLY EVENING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY QUICKLY IF THE NEED ARISES. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. WCJIN-WYNE-WYSE COX
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
NEZ005-162030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 125 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 AT 125 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 45 MILES SOUTH OF MERRIMAN...OR 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA IN NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL.j..GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM MDT. KIRK
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
NEZ005-162030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF, NE 125 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 AT 125 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 45 MILES SOUTH OF MERRIMAN...OR 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA IN NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMxS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM MDT. KIRK
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
NEZ005-162030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF, NE 130 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 AT 128 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 45 MILES SOUTH OF MERRIMAN...OR 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA IN NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM MDT. KIRK
Local storm report, Jul 16, 1:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
140 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994
TIME EVENT
852 AM MDT SPOTTER REPORTED .25 TO .50 (PEA TO MARBLE) SIZED HAIL FOUR
(4) MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLIANCE NE COVERING THE GROUND.
935 AM MDT ALLIANCE POLICE REPORTED ONE (1) TO TWO (2) INCHES OF HAIL
ON THE GROUND TWO (2) MILES NORTHEAST OF ALLIANCE. HAIL
RANGED IN SIZE FROM MARBLE TO GOLFBAL (.50 TO 1.75) SIZE.
955 AM MDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE (.25 TO .50) SIZE HAIL
18 TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLIANCE.
KIRKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 49 min |
| Jul 16, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 52 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.