Alert archive / Wyoming / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1995, 6:09 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1995, 6:09 PM MDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1995, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCYS 040010 RRA SVRCYS WYC021-040115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 609 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING ...EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWN OF ALBIN. AT 608 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBIN. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNAXDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. JAD
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 3, 4:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NEZ055-040000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 435 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CHEYENNE COUNTY IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AT 430 PM... AN AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH THROUGH THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF CHEYENNE COUNTY NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIDNEY. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS. BE SURE TO STAY INDOORS WHEN STORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH YOUR AREA. JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
NEZ021-054-040000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 500 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AT 500 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH INTO MORRILL COUNTY AT 5 PM. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF BROADWATER...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF SIDNEY. THIS STORM HAS GROWN QUICKLY...AND MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. OTHER STORMS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO WERE ABOUT TO CROSS THE BORDER INTO KIMBALL COUNTY NEBRASKA. PEOPLE IN KIMBALL AND MORRILL COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT TO STORMS MOVING THROUGH YOUR AREA THIS EVENING. JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
NEZ021-054-040000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 500 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AT 500 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH INTO MORRILL COUNTY AT 5 PM. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF BROADWATER...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF SIDNEY. THIS STORM HAS GROWN QUICKLY...AND MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. OTHER STORMS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO WERE ABOUT TO CROSS THE BORDER INTO KIMBALL COUNTY NEBRASKA. PEOPLE IN KIMBALL AND MORRILL COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT TO STORMS MOVING THROUGH YOUR AREA THIS EVENING. JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:30 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
WYZ067-070-040030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 530 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 525 PM... AN AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH THROUGH NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST LARAMIE COUNTY NEAR PINE BLUFFS BY 545 PM. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST PLATTE COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHEATLAND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH...AND WAS PROBABLY PRODUCING HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE IN PLATTE AND EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO STORMS IN YOUR AREA THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WCJIN-WYSE JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:50 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
NEZ001-003-019-020-021-040100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 550 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AT 545 PM... THE STORMS HAVE SPREAD NORTH INTO SCOTTS BLUFF AND BANNER COUNTIES AS OF 545 PM. OTHER STORMS WERE IN MORRILL COUNTY AND ABOUT TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BOX BUTTE COUNTY BY 615 PM. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF ALLIANCE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRIDGEPORT. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS OVER SOUTHWEST KIMBALL COUNTY. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA. JAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Platte | 12 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.