Alert archive / Wyoming / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1995, 7:33 PM MDT for Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 12 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1995, 7:33 PM MDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1995, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Platte County, WY
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCYS 040134 TORCYS WYC031-040145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 733 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING ...SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWN AT SLATER. AT 730 PM A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS SPOTTED NEAR THE SLATER FLATS AREA AXBOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHEATLAND. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! JAD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 3, 5:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
WYZ067-070-040030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 530 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 525 PM... AN AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH THROUGH NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST LARAMIE COUNTY NEAR PINE BLUFFS BY 545 PM. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST PLATTE COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHEATLAND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH...AND WAS PROBABLY PRODUCING HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE IN PLATTE AND EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO STORMS IN YOUR AREA THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WCJIN-WYSE JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
NEZ001-003-019-020-021-040100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 550 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AT 545 PM... THE STORMS HAVE SPREAD NORTH INTO SCOTTS BLUFF AND BANNER COUNTIES AS OF 545 PM. OTHER STORMS WERE IN MORRILL COUNTY AND ABOUT TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BOX BUTTE COUNTY BY 615 PM. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF ALLIANCE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRIDGEPORT. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS OVER SOUTHWEST KIMBALL COUNTY. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA. JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:09 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
WYZ067-068-040200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 710 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE ACROSS CENTRAL PARTS OF PLATTE AND GOSHEN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 7 PM... THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHEATLAND RIGHT ALONG THE PLATTE-GOSHEN COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. A BRIEF POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED WITH THIS STORM ABOUT 655 PM...BUT HAS SINCE DISSIPATED. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF WHEATLAND. IT ALSO WAS PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. ALL STORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL MIDNIGHT. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM OR RIVER...BE SURE TO WATCH THE WATER LEVELS CLOSELY IF STORMS PERSIST IN YOUR AREA. WCJIN-WYSE JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:10 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
WYZ067-068-040200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 710 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE ACROSS CENTRAL PARTS OF PLATTE AND GOSHEN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 7 PM... THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHEATLAND RIGHT ALONG THE PLATTE-GOSHEN COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. A BRIEF POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED WITH THIS STORM ABOUT 655 PM...BUT HAS SINCE DISSIPATED. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF WHEATLAND. IT ALSO WAS PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. ALL STORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL MIDNIGHT. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM OR RIVER...BE SURE TO WATCH THE WATER LEVELS CLOSELY IF STORMS PERSIST IN YOUR AREA. WCJIN-WYSE JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:25 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-040230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 725 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 ...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AT 720 PM... THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN DAWES COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF CHADRON. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL PARTS OF SIOUX COUNTY...AS WELL AS ACROSS MOST OF SCOTTS BLUFF AND BANNER COUNTIES. FURTHER SOUTH...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING ACROSS MAINLY KIMBALL COUNTY. ALL STORMS AND AREAS OF RAIN WERE GENERALLY MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WERE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS. ALSO...DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY KIMBALL COUNTY...THERE MAY BE SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:27 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-040230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 725 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 ...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AT 720 PM... THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN DAWES COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF CHADRON. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL PARTS OF SIOUX COUNTY...AS WELL AS ACROSS MOST OF SCOTTS BLUFF AND BANNER COUNTIES. FURTHER SOUTH...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING ACROSS MAINLY KIMBALL COUNTY. ALL STORMS AND AREAS OF RAIN WERE GENERALLY MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WERE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS. ALSO...DUE TO THE HBEAVY RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY KIMBALL COUNTY...THERE MAY BE SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. JAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 51 min |
Nearby
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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.