Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1996, 4:23 PM MDT for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports 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
- Jul 25, 1996, 4:23 PM MDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1996, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scotts Bluff County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:25 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Scottsbluff, NE | |
| Jul 25, 4:28 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Minatare, NE |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 845 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 252224 SVRCYS NEC157-252300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 423 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ...NORTHEASTERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE LAKE MINATARE AREA. AT 421 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCOTTSBLUFF WAS EXPANDING WEST A LITTLE...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST SCOTTSBLUFF COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT...SO BE ALERT. JAD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 25, 12:53 PM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
WYZ065-066-069-070-NEZ020-054-251945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1252 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN LARAMIE COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 1250 PM... THE STORMS WERE LOCATED IN FAR WESTERN LARAMIE COUNTY ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL BE APPROACHING THE WESTERN PART OF CHEYENNE BY 115 PM. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE AT THE FRONTIER PARK SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THESE STORMS MOVE RIGHT OVER THE CITY.. WCJIN-WYSE JAD
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 1:42 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
WYZ069-070-252045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 143 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS WESTERN LARAMIE COUNTY AT 140 PM... THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE IN NORTHWEST LARAMIE COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY...WITH YET ANOTHER ONE ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE. MOST OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE CLOSEST STORM TO CHEYENNE COULD CLIP THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE CITY BETWEEN 200 AND 230 PM. MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...SO BE READY TO MOVE INDOORS OR TO A SAFE PLACE IF A ST~ORM MOVES INTO YOUR AREA. WCJIN-WYSE JAD
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
NEZ001-002-003-019-020-021-054-055-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 205 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 9 PM FOR THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... THE STRONGEST STORMS AT 2 PM WERE IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE PANHANDLE ACROSS CENTRAL SIOUX...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN DAWES... AND NORTHERN BOX BUTTE COUNTIES. THE WORST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHADRON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 9 PM FOR THE PANHANDLE. STAY ALERT TO ANY STORMS MOVING INTO YOUR AREA...AND BE READY TO MO(VE TO A SAFE PLACE. JAD
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
WYZ067>070-252115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 225 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 9 PM... CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING...AND SO A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 9 PM. AT 220 PM...THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE. OTHER WEAKER STORMS WERE IN THE CHEYENNE AREA...AND ALSO ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN PLATTE COUNTY. MOST STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW rOF THE STORMS COULD BECOME QUITE STRONG...SO BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF YOU NEED TO. WCJIN-WYSE JAD
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
WYZ067>070-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 300 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 255 PM... THE STRONGEST STORM AT 255 PM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON IN SOUTHERN GOSHEN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5 TO 15 MILES WEST OF LA GRANGE. A FEW MUCH WEAKER STORMS WERE SCATTERED ABOUT SOUTHERN PLATTE AND PARTS OF LARAMIE COUNTY. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST OR SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN GOSHEN COUNTY SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. WCJIN-WYSE JAD
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:12 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
WYZ066-069-252300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 410 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 AT 400 PM MDT...DOPPLER INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF LARAMIE IN ALBANY COUNTY WYOMING. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL PASS 6 MILES WEST OF HORSE CREEK AT THE WEST EDGE OF LARAMIE COUNTY BY 5 PM. SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM UNTIL 5 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 9 PM MDT. WCJIN-WYSE PAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 3:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 3:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Cheyenne, Morrill | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 4:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill, Scotts Bluff | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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.