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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 27, 1995Banner County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1995, 4:55 PM MDT for Banner County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1995, 4:55 PM MDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1995, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Banner County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1995-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1995-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCYS 272257 RRA
SVRCYS
NEC007-272345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
455 PM MDT TUE JUN 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN BANNER COUNTY
 
CHEYENNE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERVE THUNDERSTORM NORTH CENTRAL
BANNER COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS EAST OF
HARRISBURG.
 
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
 
JMH

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 27, 2:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
WYZ064>070-NEZ019>021-054-055-242230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
230 PM MDT TUE JUN 27 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND
MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  STORMS WERE SPREAD ACROSS
ALBANY...LARAMIE...SOUTHERN PLATTE AND GOSHEN COUNTIES OF WYOMING AND
WERE MOVING INTO SCOTTSBLUFF...BANNER AND KIMBALL COUNTIES OF NEBRASKA.
THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY SPREAD FURTHER INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.
SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.  PEOPLE
IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

WCJIN-WYSE
HARRISON
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:36 PM MDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
WYZ064>070-NEZ019>021-054-055-242230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
230 PM MDT TUE JUN 27 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND
MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  STORMS WERE SPREAD ACROSS
ALBANY...LARAMIE...SOUTHERN PLATTE AND GOSHEN COUNTIES OF WYOMING AND
WERE MOVING INTO SCOTTSBLUFF...BANNER AND KIMBALL COUNTIES OF NEBRASKA.
THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY SPREAD FURTHER INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.
SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.  PEOPLE
IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

WCJIN-WYSE
HARRISON
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
WYZ064>070-NEZ019>021-054-055-242230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
335 PM MDT TUE JUN 27 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE...

MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AT 335 PM WAS OVER EASTERN LARAMIE
COUNTY IN WYOMING AND THE SOUTHERN EXTREME OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.
SOME WEAKER STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CARBON...ALBANY
...GOSHEN AND PLATTE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN NORTHEAST LARAMIE COUNTY JUST WEST OF ALBIN
41 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE.  ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS IN EAST
CENTRAL KIMBALL COUNTY ALONG I-80.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.  SMALL HAIL AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE ALSO LIKELY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE SOUTHERN
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO THE EVENING.  SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG BUT
SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.  PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM
APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WCJIN-WYSE
HARRISON
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
WYZ064>070-NEZ019>021-054-055-242230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
335 PM MDT TUE JUN 27 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE...

MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AT 335 PM WAS OVER EASTERN LARAMIE
COUNTY IN WYOMING AND THE SOUTHERN EXTREME OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.
SOME WEAKER STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CARBON...ALBANY
...GOSHEN AND PLATTE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN NORTHEAST LARAMIE COUNTY JUST WEST OF ALBIN
41 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE.  ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS IN EAST
CENTRAL KIMBALL COUNTY ALONG I-80.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.  SMALL HAIL AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE ALSO LIKELY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE SOUTHERN
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO THE EVENING.  SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG BUT
SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.  PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM
APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WCJIFN-WYSE
HARRISON
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:30 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
WYZ064>070-NEZ019>021-054-055-280000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
430 PM MDT TUE JUN 27 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

AT 420 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND
MAINLY THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  AT THAT TIME THE
STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED AROUND CHEYENNE...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CHEYENNE AND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCOTTSBLUFF.

ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
AT 415 PM...ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL FELL IN CHEYENNE.
AT 425 PM...ONE HALF INCH HAIL FELL AT LAKE MINATARE NEAR SCOTTSBLUFF.

ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA.  BOATERS SHOULD PLAN TO
MOVE OFF OF WATER IN THOSE AREAS.  IF A STORM APPROACHES...MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER.

WCJIN-WYSE
WEILAND

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSMorrill41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.