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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 15, 1995Banner County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 1995, 8:53 AM MDT for Banner County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 17 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 8:53 AM MDT (14:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 9:10 AM MDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Banner County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCYS 151500 COR
TORCYS
NEC007-157-151515-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
853 AM MDT SAT JUL 15 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE

   ...NORTH CENTRAL BANNER COUNTY...SOUTHERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY

AT 845 AM MDT...TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
PERSONNEL 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GERING NEBRASKA BY WILDCAT RIDGE.

THE CENTER OF THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FUNNEL CLOUDS WAS MORE
TO THE SOUTH OF THE SCOTTSBLUFF/GERING AREA.  THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

GO TO THE BA6SEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

CORRECTED ENDING TIME OF WARNING.

JLH

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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.