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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 6, 1995Cheyenne County, Morrill County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 7:32 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 7:32 PM MDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cheyenne County, NE, Morrill County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 070134 RRA
SVRCYS
NEC033-123-070215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
732 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
 
   ...CHEYENNE COUNTY...WESTERN MORRILL COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF BAYARD AND REDINGTON IN MORRILL
COUNTY...AND TOWNS MAINLY IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF
CHEYENNE COUNTY INCLUDING SIDNEY.
 
AT 730 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO
MOVE INTO WESTERN MORRILL AND WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTIES.  ANOTHER
VERY INTENSE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SIDNEY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH OR NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE 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, 5:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 57 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.
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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 55 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, 1 hour 12 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, 1 hour 10 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
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:23 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
WYZ066>070-070230-

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

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.  THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT PART OF THE STATE
HAVE WEAKENED OR MOVED NORTHEAST...INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA.  HOWEVER...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL
LATE EVENING.

SOME OF THE STORMS IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL STILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING THIS EVENING.

EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED FOR THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF WYOMING...PEOPLE SHOULD STILL SEEK SAFE SHELTER WHEN
A STORM APPROACHES THIS EVENING.  REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN BE DEADLY.

WCJIN-WYSE
WEILAND
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:24 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
WYZ066>070-070230-

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

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.  THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT PART OF THE STATE
HAVE WEAKENED OR MOVED NORTHEAST...INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA.  HOWEVER...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL
LATE EVENING.

SOME OF THE STORMS IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL STILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING THIS EVENING.

EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED FOR THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF WYOMING...PEOPLE SHOULD STILL SEEK SAFE SHELTER WHEN
A STORM APPROACHES THIS EVENING.  REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN BE DEADLY.

WCJIN-WYSE
WEILAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner, Kimball43 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.