Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 5:31 PM MDT for Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1995, 5:31 PM MDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1995, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dawes County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -587 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 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 132333 RRA SVRCYS NEC045-140000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 531 PM MDT THU JUL 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST DAWES COUNTY THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF CHADRON. AT 530 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHADRON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AT 507 PM...THE CHADRON AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 63 MPH. 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, Jul 13, 3:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
WYZ059>069-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 315 PM MDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...STORMS HAVE INTENSIFIED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING... AT 310 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG STORM ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE. ANOTHER STRONG STORM HAD DEVELOPED 30 MILES NORTH OF LUSK IN NIOBRARA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD A STORM APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE JMH
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
NEZ001>003-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 355 PM MDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ACROSS MOST OF SIOUX COUNTY IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. STORMS DEVELOPED IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY AND WERE SPREADING NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN DAWES COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR AGATE FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY AT 355 PM AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD A STORM APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. JMH
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
NEZ001>003-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 355 PM MDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ACROSS MOST OF SIOUX COUNTY IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. STORMS DEVELOPED IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY AND WERE SPREADING NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN DAWES COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR AGATE FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY AT 355 PM AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD A STORM APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. JMH
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:50 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
NEZ001>003-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 450 PM MDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... SOME STORMS ARE STILL LINGERING IN EAST SIOUX COUNTY BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED INTO WESTERN DAWES AND EXTREME NORTHWEST BOX BUTTE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WAS ALSO A GOOD POSSIBILITY WITH THESE STORMS. NO ACTIVITY WAS YET NOTED IN THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. PEOPLE IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD A STORM APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. JMH
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:52 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
NEZ001>003-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 450 PM MDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... SOME STORMS ARE STILL LINGERING IN EAST SIOUX COUNTY BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED INTO WESTERN DAWES AND EXTREME NORTHWEST BOX BUTTE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WAS ALSO A GOOD POSSIBILITY WITH THESE STORMS. NO ACTIVITY WAS YET NOTED IN THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. PEOPLE IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD A STORM APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. JMH
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:10 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
WYZ059>070-140030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 510 PM MDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 500 PM THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SARATOGA...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LARAMIE AND 40 MILES NORTH OF LARAMIE. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRNG WIND GUSTS. ONE OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO TORRINGTON AROUND 600 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME OF THOSE STORMS WILL BE STRONG. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER. WCJIN-WYSE WEILAND
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.