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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 28, 1996Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1996, 5:17 PM MDT for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1996, 5:17 PM MDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1996, 5:40 PM MDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Scotts Bluff County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1996-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-515 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 28, 1:09 PM MDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
NEZ001>003-281930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
108 PM MDT SUN JUL 28 1996

...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

AT 105 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIKELY SMALL HAIL
HAD DEVELOPED IN NORTHERN SIOUX COUNTY...ABOUT 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
OF CHADRON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF HARRISON.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL CROSS &OVER
HIGHWAY 20 IN THE VICINITY OF FORT ROBISON AND CRAWFORD AROUND 120 PM
MDT.

MOORE
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
WYZ061>069-282000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
122 PM MDT SUN JUL 28 1996

...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

AT 120 PM MDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND
SMALL HAIL...WERE DEVELOPING IN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM
NEAR WHEATLAND WEST TO 25 MILES NORTH OF RAWLINS.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHEATLAND ON
HIGHWAY 34 AND 15 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF WHEATLAND.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING.
SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHtEAST WYOMING SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD THEY
APPROACH.

WCJIN-WYNE-WYSE

MOORE
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:04 PM MDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
WYZ067-282030-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO TITLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
202 PM MDT SUN JUL 28 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PLATTE
COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM MDT...

AT 200 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
FROM 5 MILES WEST OF CHUGWATER TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHUGWATER.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD REMAIN TO
THE WEST OF I-25 IN SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY TO THE WEST CHUGWATER
SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW.

WCJIN-WYNE-WYSE

MOORE
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:23 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
NEZ002-003-282045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
221 PM MDT SUN JUL 28 1996

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DAWES COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 215 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN BOX BUTTE COUNTY.  THIS THUNDERSTOM HAD WEAKEND SOME AND
IS NO LONGER THOUGHT TO BE SEVERE.

SINCE THIS STORM MOVED OUT OF DAWES COUNTY...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DAWES COUNTY WAS CANCELLED. HOWEVER...
PEOPLE IN BOX BUTTE COUNTY...SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER.  THIS STORM WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND MOVE THROUGH MOST OF THE COUNTY AND
THROUGH 300 PM MDT.  THIS STORM STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TOZ PRODUCE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

MOORE
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 4:17 PM MDT, 1 hour before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 6:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball41 min
Jul 27, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner32 min
Jul 27, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner31 min
Jul 27, 7:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne44 min
Jul 27, 9:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte34 min
Jul 28, 1:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes39 min
Jul 28, 4:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes29 min
Jul 28, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSioux25 min
Jul 28, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSScotts Bluff48 min
Jul 28, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner66 min
Jul 28, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSMorrill30 min
Jul 28, 1:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSPlatte42 min
Jul 28, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie36 min
Jul 28, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie58 min
Jul 28, 3:22 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSLaramie38 min
Jul 28, 3:37 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSLaramie33 min
Jul 28, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.