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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 22, 1995Campbell County, Crook County, Weston County, Wyoming

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1995, 3:39 PM MDT for Campbell County, Crook County, Weston County, Wyoming. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1995, 3:39 PM MDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1995, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Campbell County, WY, Crook County, WY, Weston County, WY

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 1995-06-22Temperature 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 1995-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
800 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-82 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 KCPR 222139 RRA
TORCPR
WYC005-011-045-222230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CASPER WY
339 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CASPER WY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST WYOMING
 
   ...CAMPBELL COUNTY...WESTERN CROOK COUNTY
   ...WESTERN WESTON COUNTY...THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GILLETTE...
 
AT 335 PM MDT...THE GILLETTE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 10
MILES WEST OF GILLETTE. THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
&
WCJIN-WYNE
JONES
NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell, Crook65 min
Jun 22, 4:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningUNRCampbell, Crook, Weston65 min
Jun 22, 4:25 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRCampbell, Crook, Weston65 min
Jun 22, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCrook, Weston61 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.