Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1996, 5:41 PM MDT for Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 26, 1996, 5:41 PM MDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1996, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kimball County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 6:00 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Dix, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -414 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1304 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 26, 2:36 PM MDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
WYZ066>070-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 235 PM MDT FRI JUL 26 1996 WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 230 PM. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF WHEATLAND. OTHER WEAK STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE LARAMIE RANGE. MOST STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS INITIAL BATCH OF STORMS WILL MAINLY AFFECT SOUTHERN PLATTE... SOUTHERN GOSHEN AND NORTHERN LARAMIE COUNTIES THROUGH 4 PM. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THESE STORMS. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME QUITE STRONG LATER THIS AFTERNOON...SO STAY TUTNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER INFORMATION. WCJIN-WYSE JAD
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
WYZ062-064>070-262245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 350 PM MDT FRI JUL 26 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING... AT 345 PM MDT A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CHEYENNE...ONE 25 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH...AND ANOTHER STORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHEYENNE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE NORTHERN STORM...ON ITS CURRENT TRACK WILL AFFECT BURNS BY 445 PM AND THE SECOND STORM WILL AFFECT CARPENTER BY 415 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE COVER AND WATCH OUT FOR F STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WCJIN-WYSE LRE
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:15 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 515 PM MDT FRI JUL 26 1996 A SEVERE THUDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEBRASKA PNHANDLE UNTIL 11 PM MDT. THE AIRMASS OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE IN RATHER MOIST AND UNSTABLE. CONDITIONS ARE THEREFORE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS. REMAIN ALERT AND TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. RELAY ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. PAL
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:33 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
WYZ067-270030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 530 PM MDT FRI JUL 26 1996 AT 525 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WHEATLAND. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHEATLAND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS UNTIL 630 PM. WCJIN-WYSE PAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 4:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Kimball | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Converse | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 61 min |
| Jul 26, 4:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 38 min |
| Jul 26, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 43 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.