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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 9, 1995Cheyenne County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1995, 5:58 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1995, 5:58 PM MDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1995, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Cheyenne County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 1995-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 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 100001
TORCYS
NEC033-100030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
558 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
 
   ...WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY
 
THIS INCLUDES THE TOWN OF POTTER BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE SIDNEY.
 
A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN SIGHTED BY SEVERAL CITIZ,ENS JUST NORTH OF
POTTER. THE STORM PRODUCING THE FUNNEL CLOUD IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH AND WILL GO THROUGH POTTER BY 610 PM.
 
 
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!
 
 
HARRISON

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, Jul 9, 3:55 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
WYZ064-065-066-067-068-069-070-NEZ001-002-003-019-020-021-054-055-
100000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
355 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

AT 355 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL WERE MOVING ACROSS
SOUTHEAST WYOMING.  ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE
AND ANOTHER WAS 10 MILES WEST OF CHEYENNE.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN
NORTHERN PLATTE COUNTY NEAR GLENDO...AND IN SOUTHERN ALBANY COUNTY 10
MILES NORTH OF LARAMIE.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15
MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING THE REST OF THIS
AFTERNOON.  BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

WCJIN-WYSE.

BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
WYZ016-018-020-021-022-024-100015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
419 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 1995

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST WYOMING...

AT 415 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED INTO SOUTHERN UINTA
COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTH OF
MOUNTAIN HOME AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND STRONG4
GUSTY WINDS.  MOVE TO SHELTER AS THIS THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

WCJIN-WYSW.

BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
WYZ067-068-069-070-NEZ019-020-054-100045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
447 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 1995

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL BE MOVING
INTO NEBRASKA...

AT 445 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EXTREME EASTERN LARAMIE
COUNTY 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE AND WILL MOVE SOUTH OF ALBIN BY
500 PM.  THE THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE UP TO HALF INCH
HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO
WESTERN KIMBALL COUNTY OF NEBRASKA AROUND 515 PM.

WCJIN-WYSE.

BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
WYZ067-068-069-070-NEZ019-020-054-100045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
447 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 1995

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL BE MOVING
INTO NEBRASKA...

AT 445 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EXTREME EASTERN LARAMIE
COUNTY 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE AND WILL MOVE SOUTH OF ALBIN BY
500 PM.  THE THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE UP TO HALF INCH
HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO
WESTERN KIMBALL COUNTY OF NEBRASKA AROUND 515 PM.

WCJIN-WYSE.

BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:33 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
WYZ067-068-070-NEZ019-020-054-100020-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
533 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 1995

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
WYOMING AT 525 PM.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST NORTHEAST AND SOUTH
OF PINE BLUFFS...SOME 40 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE.  THESE TWO STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND HAD REACHED EXTREME WESTERN KIMBALL COUNTY
NEBRASKA AS OF 530 PM.  BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE NOTED
WITH THESE TWO THUNDERSTORMS.

SHOULD A THUNDERSTORM APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...SEEK A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY...INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.

WCJIN-WYSE

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533 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 1995

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WYOMING AT 525 PM.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST NORTHEAST AND SOUTH
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NEBRASKA AS OF 530 PM.  BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE NOTED
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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.