Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1996, 6:53 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 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
- May 8, 1996, 6:53 PM MDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1996, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cheyenne County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1808 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCYS 090054 SVRCYS NEC033-090130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 653 PM MDT WED MAY 8 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ...SOUTHERN AND EASTER CHEYENNE COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF SIDNEY AT 650 MDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN CHEYENNE SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM JUST WEST TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIDNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE IN SIDNEY BEFORE 7 PM...THEN TRAVEL INTO EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY. DAMAGING WI~NDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! SULLIVAN
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, May 8, 4:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
NEZ003-019-082315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 418 PM MDT WED MAY 8 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER BOX BUTTE COUNTY IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 415 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER BOX BUTTE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES WEST OF ALLIANCE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF ALLIANCE. WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS EXTENDED OVER SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY. BAKER
Special weather statement, May 8, 4:36 PM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
WYZ068-082330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 435 PM MDT WED MAY 8 1996 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN GOSHEN COUNTY... AT 430 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN GOSHEN COUNTY AND EXTENDED FROM LA GRANGE TO HAWK SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNIN6G. WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS EXTENDED NORTH TO AROUND TORRINGTON. WCJIN-WYSE BAKER
Special weather statement, May 8, 4:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
NEZ002-003-019-021-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 458 PM MDT WED MAY 8 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER BOX BUTTE AND MORRILL COUNTIES... AT 455 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER BOX BUTTE AND MORRILL COUNTIES OF WESTERN NEBRASKA. PEA SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ALLIANCE...BUT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLIANCE AND 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLIANCE IN MORRILL COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL AROUND A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY ALSO. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. BAKER &
Special weather statement, May 8, 5:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
NEZ054-055-090030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 533 PM MDT WED MAY 8 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN KIMBALL COUNTY... AT 530 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN KIMBALL COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES SOUTH OF KIMBALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. TAKE SHELTER AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. BAKER
Special weather statement, May 8, 6:13 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
NEZ021-054-055-090115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 612 PM MDT WED MAY 8 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MORRILL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 610 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING IN KIMBALL COUNTY WHILE A THUNDERSTORM WAS INCREASING IN EXTREME WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES WEST OF SIDNEY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HALF INCH HAIL AND STRONG WINDS BUT MAY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVES EAST. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN KIMBALL COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EVENING. RADAR SHOWED NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN MORRILL COUNTY. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. BAKER
Special weather statement, May 8, 6:44 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
WYZ069-070-NEZ054-090130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 643 PM MDT WED MAY 8 1996 ...HAIL WAS HEADING FOR PINE BLUFFS... AT 643 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR IN CHEYENNE SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL BETWEEN BURNS AND PINE BLUFFS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THIS STORM PRODUCED PEA-SIZED HAIL 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNS SHORTLY BEFORE 630 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH...AND SHOULD REACH THE NEBR ASKA BORDER BY 700 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA...YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. & WCJIN-WYSE SULLIVAN
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.