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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 6, 1995Banner County, Kimball County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 7:02 PM MDT for Banner County, Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 7:02 PM MDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Banner County, NE, Kimball County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 565 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
565 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCYS 070103 RRA
SVRCYS
NEC007-105-070145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
702 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
 
   ...EASTERN BANNER COUNTY...EASTERN KIMBALL COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF HARRISBURG...DIX...AND KIMBALL.
 
AT 700 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED
OVER THE CENTRAL PARTS OF BANNER AND KIMBALL COUNTIES.  WINDS
WERE REPORTED TO BE FROM 40 TO 60 MPH WITH THESE STORMS.  HAIL IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LANRGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
 
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 6, 4:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
WYZ066>070-070030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
450 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF WYOMING UNTIL 10 PM...

UPSLOPE LOW LEVEL FLOW HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS
AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.  A FEW OF THE
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...AND SO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS
BEEN POSTED FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 10 PM.

COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE EASTERN ALBANY...SOUTHERN GOSHEN
AND SOUTHERN PLATTE...AND ALL OF LARAMIE COUNTY.  CITIES IN THE WATCH
AREA ARE CHEYENNE...TORRINGTON...WHEATLAND AND PINE BLUFFS.

AT 445 PM...A BAND OF STORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE FROM
FORT COLLINS COLORADO NORTH TO ABOUT WHEATLAND.  THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE...AND ABOUT 30 MILES
WEST OF CHEYENNE.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.  NO SEVERE
WEATHER...EXCEPT FOR SOME MARBLE SIZE HAIL...HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING.  BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION IF THREATENING WEATHER
MOVES INTO YOUR AREA.

WCJIN-WYSE

JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:52 PM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
WYZ066>070-070030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
450 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF WYOMING UNTIL 10 PM...

UPSLOPE LOW LEVEL FLOW HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS
AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.  A FEW OF THE
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...AND SO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS
BEEN POSTED FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 10 PM.

COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE EASTERN ALBANY...SOUTHERN GOSHEN
AND SOUTHERN PLATTE...AND ALL OF LARAMIE COUNTY.  CITIES IN THE WATCH
AREA ARE CHEYENNE...TORRINGTON...WHEATLAND AND PINE BLUFFS.

AT 445 PM...A BAND OF STORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE FROM
FORT COLLINS COLORADO NORTH TO ABOUT WHEATLAND.  THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE...AND ABOUT 30 MILES
WEST OF CHEYENNE.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.  NO SEVERE
WEATHER...EXCEPT FOR SOME MARBLE SIZE HAIL...HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING.  BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION IF THREATENING WEATHER
MOVES INTO YOUR AREA.

WCJIN-WYSE

JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
WYZ066>070-070130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
535 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 1995

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 520 PM.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE...15 MILES TO
THE SOUTHWEST OF WHEATLAND AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LARAMIE.  OTHER
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN LARAMIE COUNTY
FROM COLORADO.  ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT WITH THESE
INTENSE STORMS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A FEW FUNNEL CLOUDS AND
TORNADOES.
<
AT THEIR CURRENT MOVEMENT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CHEYENNE
AREA AND WHEATLAND AREA BY 600 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING THROUGH THE EVENING.  A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF THE STATE UNTIL 1000
PM.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING.  BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION IF THREATENING WEATHER
MOVES INTO YOUR AREA.

WCJIN-WYSE
WEILAND
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
WYZ066>070-070130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
535 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 1995

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 520 PM.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE...15 MILES TO
THE SOUTHWEST OF WHEATLAND AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LARAMIE.  OTHER
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN LARAMIE COUNTY
FROM COLORADO.  ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT WITH THESE
INTENSE STORMS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A FEW FUNNEL CLOUDS AND
TORNADOES.
<
AT THEIR CURRENT MOVEMENT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CHEYENNE
AREA AND WHEATLAND AREA BY 600 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING THROUGH THE EVENING.  A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF THE STATE UNTIL 1000
PM.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING.  BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION IF THREATENING WEATHER
MOVES INTO YOUR AREA.

WCJIN-WYSE
WEILAND
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:20 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
WYZ066>070-NEZ019-020-054-055-070200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
620 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST WYOMING
AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE EARLY THIS EVENING...

THUDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING EARLY THIS
EVENING AND WERE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  SOME
OF THESE STORMS WERE STRONG IN THE AREA.  AT 610 PM...THE INTENSE
STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TORRINGTON TO
PINE BLUFFS AS WELL AS IN WESTERN PLATTE AND LARAMIE COUNTIES AND
SOUTHERN ALBANY COUNTY IN WYOMING.

ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THE
INTENSE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  THE LINE OF INTENSE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO
SCOTTS BLUFF...KIMBALL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF NEBRASKA BY 700 PM.
<
AT 600 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY IN WYOMING.

OTHER INTENSE STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST ACROSS THE COLORADO BORDER.
ONE STORM HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE AND
ANOTHER IS ABOUT 20 MILES OUTH OF PINE BLUFFS.

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE
EVENING.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA
UNTIL 1000 PM.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.  BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE
SHELTER IF A STORM MOVES INTO YOUR AREA.

WCJIN-WYSE
WEILAND
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:22 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
WYZ066>070-NEZ019-020-054-055-070200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
620 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST WYOMING
AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE EARLY THIS EVENING...

THUDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING EARLY THIS
EVENING AND WERE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  SOME
OF THESE STORMS WERE STRONG IN THE AREA.  AT 610 PM...THE INTENSE
STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TORRINGTON TO
PINE BLUFFS AS WELL AS IN WESTERN PLATTE AND LARAMIE COUNTIES AND
SOUTHERN ALBANY COUNTY IN WYOMING.

ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THE
INTENSE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  THE LINE OF INTENSE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO
SCOTTS BLUFF...KIMBALL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF NEBRASKA BY 700 PM.
<
AT 600 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY IN WYOMING.

OTHER INTENSE STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST ACROSS THE COLORADO BORDER.
ONE STORM HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE AND
ANOTHER IS ABOUT 20 MILES OUTH OF PINE BLUFFS.

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE
EVENING.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA
UNTIL 1000 PM.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYVOMING AND THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.  BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE
SHELTER IF A STORM MOVES INTO YOUR AREA.

WCJIN-WYSE
WEILAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne, Morrill43 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.