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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 28, 1995Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1995, 3:28 PM MDT for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 3:28 PM MDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Scotts Bluff County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -79 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCYS 282130
TORCYS
NEC157-282200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
328 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
 
...SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SCOTTSBLUFF AND GERING...
 
...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SCOTTSBLUFF COUNTY...
 
AT 3:20 PM...THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF A TORNADO ON THE NORTH SIDE
OF SCOTTSBLUFF.  A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SCOTTSBLUFF AND
GERING.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN A CAR...GO IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING!  AS A LAST
RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
BAKER
 
 
 
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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.