Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1995, 6:31 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1995, 6:31 PM MDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1995, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Box Butte County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCYS 230032 RRA SVRCYS NEC013-230100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 631 PM MDT SAT JUL 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ...NORTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL BOX BUTTE COUNTY AT 630 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES NORTH OF ALLIANCE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT 527 PM...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF HEMINGFORD. 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 22, 4:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
NEZ002-230000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 455 PM MDT SAT JUL 22 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING TOWARDS WESTERN DAWES COUNTY... SHORTLY BEFORE 500 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN SIOUX COUNTY TOWARDS WESTERN DAWES COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR FORT ROBINSON AND CRAWFORD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND HALF AN INCH WERE INDICATED. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INDOORS. CGB
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:23 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
NEZ001>003-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 523 PM MDT SAT JUL 22 1995 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 518 PM...TWO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. ONE INTENSE STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF CHADRON AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHADRON. THE INTENSE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL...UP TO ONE HALF INCH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. AT 505 PM...MARBLE SIZED DIAMETER HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS REPORTED AT CRAWFORD. AT CURRENT MOVEMENT...THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER OR NEAR BOX BUTTE RESERVOIR AND CHADRON STATE PARK THROUGH 600 PM. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE EVENING. IF A STORM APPROACHES...MOVE TO A SAFE AND APPROPRIATE SHELTER. WEILAND
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
NEZ001>003-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 523 PM MDT SAT JUL 22 1995 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 518 PM...TWO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. ONE INTENSE STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF CHADRON AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHADRON. THE INTENSE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL...UP TO ONE HALF INCH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. AT 505 PM...MARBLE SIZED DIAMETER HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS REPORTED AT CRAWFORD. AT CURRENT MOVEMENT...THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER OR NEAR BOX BUTTE RESERVOIR AND CHADRON STATE PARK THROUGH 600 PM. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE EVENING. IF A STORM APPROACHES...MOVE TO A SAFE AND APPROPRIATE SHELTER. WEILAND
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:35 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
NEZ019>021-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 535 PM MDT SAT JUL 22 1995 ...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY AND NORTHWEST BANNER COUNTY... AT 530 PM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSOM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST SCOTTS BLUFF AND NORTHWEST BANNER COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS BETWEEN 20 MILES AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF. THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMM PRODUCED PEA SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WHILE IT WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OT TORRINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL...UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT ITS CURRENT MOVEMENT THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF BANNER COUNTY BY 545 PM AND MAY AFFECT HARRISBURG BY 600 PM. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE EVENING. IF A STORM APPROACHES... MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER AND OFF OF WATER. WEILAND
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:36 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
NEZ019>021-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 535 PM MDT SAT JUL 22 1995 ...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY AND NORTHWEST BANNER COUNTY... AT 530 PM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSOM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST SCOTTS BLUFF AND NORTHWEST BANNER COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS BETWEEN 20 MILES AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF. THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMM PRODUCED PEA SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WHILE IT WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OT TORRINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL...UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT ITS CURRENT MOVEMENT THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF BANNER COUNTY BY 545 PM AND MAY AFFECT HARRISBURG BY 600 PM. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE EVENING. IF A STORM APPROACHES... MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER AND OFF OF WATER. WEILAND
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 6:18 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
NEZ019>021-055-230130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 618 PM MDT SAT JUL 22 1995 ...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER NORTH CENTRAL BANNER COUNTY IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 610 PM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL BANNER COUNTY. THE STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HARRISBURG AT THAT TIME. THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT ITS CURRENT MOVEMENT THE INTENSE STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MORRIL COUNTY BY 630 PM... GENERALLY TO THE SOUTH OF BRIDGEPORT. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST BANNER CO`UNTY AND SOUTHERN MORRILL COUNTIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN THE AREA. IF A STORM APPROACHES...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER. WEILAND
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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.