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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 28, 1995Sheridan County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1995, 12:08 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Wyoming. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1995, 12:08 PM MDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1995, 12:45 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Sheridan County, WY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 12:10 PM MDTTornado F0Sheridan, WYTwo small tornadoes were reported by the Sheridan County Sheriff's Office. One of these touched down briefly north of Sheridan while the second tornado touched down east of Sheridan. No damage occurred as a result of these two tornadoes.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 227 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, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 1995-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 1995-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 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 KSHR 281808 RRA
TORSHR
WYC033-281845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHERIDAN WY
1208 PM MDT WED JUN 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHERIDAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING
 
   ...CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF SHERIDAN...DAYTON...WYRNO
 
AT 1145 TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED. ON TO THE NORTH
OF DAYTON...THE OTHER EAST OF SHERIDAN. MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE EAST.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH Y
OUR HANDS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse43 min
Jun 27, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Platte44 min
Jun 27, 7:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen, Platte47 min
Jun 27, 8:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen28 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.