Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Cheyenne, WY

Issued

Aug 9, 1996, 6:17 PM MDT (00:17 UTC)

Expired

Aug 9, 1996, 7:00 PM MDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Cheyenne, WY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Banner County, NE, Laramie County, WY

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KCYS 100020
SVRCYS
NEC007-WYC021-100100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
617 PM MDT FRI AUG 9 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
 
   ...SOUTHWEST BANNER COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY
 
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALBIN.
 
...THIS WARNING REPLACES PREVIOUS WARNINGS FOR SOUTHEAST GOSHEN...
NORTHEAST LARAMIE...SOUTHWEST SCOTTS BLUFF AND NORTHWEST BANNER
COUNTIES...
 
AT 617 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDCATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST LARAMIE COUNTY...ABOUT 32 MILES TO THE
NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE.  THIS STORM HAS MOVED LITTLE SINCE 515
PM...BUT WAS STARTING TO SHOW A EAST MOVEMENT AT 15 MPH.
 
THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL...UP TO ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN.  DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 2 INCHES IN AN AREA TO THE
NORTHWEST OF ALBIN.
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
 
WCJIN-WYSE
WEILAND

In the hours before

NEZ001-019-020-054-WYZ059-060-067>070-092230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
345 PM MDT FRI AUG 9 1996

AT 330 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
WESTERN CONVERSE COUNTY INTO WESTERN AND SOUTHCENTRAL SOUTHCENTRAL
PLATTE COUNTY.

THE STORMS IN WESTERN CONVERSE COUNTY WERE LOCATED 30 MILES WEST NORTH
WEST OF DOUGLAS AND 25 MILE NORTH NORTHWEST OF DOUGLAS.  THE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

STORMS IN PLATTE COUNTY WERE LOCATED 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
WHEATLAND...17 MILES WEST OF WHEATLAND AND 18 MILES SOUTH OF WHEATLAND.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.  A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE STORM 18 MILES SOUTH OF
WHEATLAND...FOR POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL UNTIL 445 PM.

OTHER STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING UNTIL 445 PM.

WCJIN-WYSE
PAL

WYZ060-068-NEZ001-100030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
545 PM MDT FRI AUG 9 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL NIOBRARA COUNTY
EARLY THIS EVENING...

AT 540 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL PART
OF NIOBRARA COUNTY.  AT THAT TIME...THE STORMS WERE FROM 10 NORTH OF
LUSK TO NEAR LUSK.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

AT 543 PM...HEAVY RAIN AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL WERE REPORTED JUST
TO THE NORTH OF LUSK.  THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NIOBRARA COUNTY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS.  IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER.

WCJIN-WYNE
WEILAND

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