Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1995, 10:02 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1995, 10:02 PM MDT (04:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1995, 10:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Box Butte County, NE, Morrill County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 1331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2156 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCYS 280406 RRA SVRCYS NEC013-123-280445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1002 PM MDT TUE JUN 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ...SOUTHERN BOX BUTTE COUNTY...NORTHERN MORRILL COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALLIANCE AND ANGORA. THIS WARNING REPLACES ALL PREVIOUSLY ISSUED WARNINGS FOR THE AREA. AT 1000 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN BOX BUTTE AND NORTHERN MORRILL COUNTIES IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAxST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLASH FLOODING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! WEILAND
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, 6:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-280130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 645 PM MDT TUE JUN 27 1995 ...ANOTHER STRONG STORM HAS DEVELOPED IN MORRILL COUNTY... A STORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST MORRILL COUNTY AND WAS BECOMING FAIRLY STRONG. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRIDGEPORT AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ELSEWHERE IN THE PANHANDLE...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WAS OVER SOUTHERN MORRILL COUNTY AND MUCH OF CHEYENNE COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM WYOMING INTO NORTHERN SIOUX COUNTY. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES AND STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HARRISON
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-280130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 645 PM MDT TUE JUN 27 1995 ...ANOTHER STRONG STORM HAS DEVELOPED IN MORRILL COUNTY... A STORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST MORRILL COUNTY AND WAS BECOMING FAIRLY STRONG. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRIDGEPORT AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ELSEWHERE IN THE PANHANDLE...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WAS OVER SOUTHERN MORRILL COUNTY AND MUCH OF CHEYENNE COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM WYOMING INTO NORTHERN SIOUX COUNTY. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES AND STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HARRISON
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
NEZ021-280230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 724 PM MDT TUE JUN 27 1995 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN MORRILL COUNTY... AT 720 PM...CHEYENNE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN MORRILL COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF ALLIANCE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTING WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR EAST AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE COUNTY AND INTO WEST CENTRAL GARDEN COUTNY BY 745 PM. KEEP ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO YOUR AREA. MANY STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL THIS EVENING. RRS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 800 PM MDT TUE JUN 27 1995 ...MORE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF EASTERN WYOMING INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. AT 8 PM A GROUP OF FAIRLY STRONG STORMS WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF AND NORTHWEST BANNER COUNTY. A LINE OF STRONG STORMS MOVING OUT OF GOSHEN COUNTY IN WYOMING WILL BE INTO SOUTHERN SIOUX...SCOTTS BLUFF AND BANNER COUNTIES BY 9 PM. STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IS ALSO A GOOD POSSIBILITY. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES AND STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HARRISON
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:02 PM MDT, 2 hours before
NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 800 PM MDT TUE JUN 27 1995 ...MORE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF EASTERN WYOMING INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. AT 8 PM A GROUP OF FAIRLY STRONG STORMS WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF AND NORTHWEST BANNER COUNTY. A LINE OF STRONG STORMS MOVING OUT OF GOSHEN COUNTY IN WYOMING WILL BE INTO SOUTHERN SIOUX...SCOTTS BLUFF AND BANNER COUNTIES BY 9 PM. STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IS ALSO A GOOD POSSIBILITY. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES AND STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HARRISON
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 9:27 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
WYZ069-070-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 927 PM MDT TUE JUN 27 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING NEAR CHEYENNE... AT 915 PM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED RAPIDLY JUST TO THE WEST OF CHEYENNE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN BY MIDNIGHT. THE STORM WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH CHEYENNE BY 950 PM. PEOPLE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE THUNDERSTORM. IF A STORM APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS TO A SAFE SHELTER. < WCJIN-WYSE WEILAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 9:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 41 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.