Alert archive / Wyoming / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1995, 10:55 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Wyoming. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1995, 10:55 PM MDT (04:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1995, 2:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sheridan County, WY
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 1800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 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 030458 FFWSHR WYC033-030800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHERIDAN WY ISSUED BY CHEYENNE WY 1055 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING ...WESTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY REPORTS FROM DATON REVEAL THAT WATERS ARE OVERFLOWING THE BANKS WHERE THE LITTLE TONGUE AND BIG TOUNG RIVER COME TOGETHER JUST WEST OF DAYTON. LARGE TREES ARE REPORTED FLOTING DOWN THE RIVER. THE NORTHERN BIG HORN MOUNTAINS HAVE HAD THUNDERSTORMS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE STORMS WERE JUST BEGINNING TO WEAKEN. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS! MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IT FLOOD WATERS THREATEN! BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGER OF FLOODING. WCJIN-WYNE PAL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 2, 4:55 PM MDT, 6 hours before
WYZ069-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 455 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST WYMING... RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPED OVER THE CITY OF CHEYENNE AT 450 PM PRODUCED SMALL HAIL OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER AND HEAVY RAIN. OTHER STORNG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. WYCJIN-WYSE PAL
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:58 PM MDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
WYZ069-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 455 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST WYMING... RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPED OVER THE CITY OF CHEYENNE AT 450 PM PRODUCED SMALL HAIL OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER AND HEAVY RAIN. OTHER STORNG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO CONTINUED TO MOVE vTO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. WYCJIN-WYSE PAL
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:20 PM MDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
NEZ054-055-030115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 620 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OR THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF KIMBALL COUNTY NEBRASKA NORTHWEST THROUGH CARPENTER WYOMING. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME STORNG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN KIMBALL COUNTY AND SOUTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY NEBRASKA BY 7 PM. PAL ZR zQWWUSh OWWUSz S7`WWUS F6WWUST 8EPWWCNl xI" WUUS |yl `WWUS e6WWUSt d`WWUSN I6WWUS| PJWWUS dB86WWUS ,d WUUS> 0AH WUUS o6WWUSd VVWWUSR XWOUS \!`WWUS _A`WWUS @"6WWUS b WUUS j@a`WWUS
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:20 PM MDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
NEZ054-055-030115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 620 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OR THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF KIMBALL COUNTY NEBRASKA NORTHWEST THROUGH CARPENTER WYOMING. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME STORNG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN KIMBALL COUNTY AND SOUTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY NEBRASKA BY 7 PM. PAL ZR zQWWUSh OWWUSz S7`WWUS F6WWUST 8EPWWCNl xI" WUUS |yl `WWUS e6WWUSt d`WWUSN I6WWUS| PJWWUS dB86WWUS ,d WUUS> 0AH WUUS o6WWUSd VVWWUSR XWOUS \!`WWUS _A`WWUS @"6WWUS b WUUS j@a`WWUS
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:40 PM MDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
WYZ066-069-070-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 640 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...Severe thunderstorm warning continues for southeast laramie county... the severe thunderstorm warning for southeast laramie county is in effect until 700 pm. the warning is no longer in effect for eastern albany county and all but the southeast portion of laramie county. at 635pm radar indicated a severe thunderstorm over carpenter near the colorado state line in extreme southeast laramie county. the storm was moving northwest at 15 mph and will continue to affect hillsdale and burns. Large hail has been reported. if you are near this storm or in the path of this storm...take cover immediately. daw
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:41 PM MDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
WYZ066-069-070-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 640 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...Severe thunderstorm warning continues for southeast laramie county... the severe thunderstorm warning for southeast laramie county is in effect until 700 pm. the warning is no longer in effect for eastern albany county and all but the southeast portion of laramie county. at 635pm radar indicated a severe thunderstorm over carpenter near the colorado state line in extreme southeast laramie county. the storm was moving northwest at 15 mph and will continue to affect hillsdale and burns. Large hail has been reported. if you are near this storm or in the path of this storm...take cover immediately. daw
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.