Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1996, 7:43 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 22, 1996, 7:43 PM MDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1996, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Box Butte County, NE, Morrill County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:14 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Alliance, 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 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, Jun 22, 1:53 PM MDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 152 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 AT 149 PM MDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN ALBANY COUNTY INTO NORTHERN PLATTE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN ALBANY COUNTY 35 MILES NORTH OF LARAMIE. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD THEREFORE BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THESE STORMS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD A STORM APPROACH. WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:58 PM MDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 900 PM MDT. COUNTIES IN THIS WATCH INCLUDE: SOUTHEASTERN CONVERSE...SOUTHERN NIOBRARA...PLATTE...GOSHEN....AND LARAMIE. CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE: DOUGALS...LUSK...WHEATLAND...TORRINGTON...AND CHEYENNE. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:44 PM MDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 334 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PANHANDLE UNTIL 900 PM MDT... AT 340 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL EXTENDING FROM LUSK TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF LUSK...AND 20 MILES WEST OF TORRINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST AND MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY 415 PM AND INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AROUND 500 PM. PERSONS IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND EVEN A TORNADO. WCJIN-WYSE
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:05 PM MDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER CHEYENNE WY 400 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR ALL OF EASTERN WYOMING... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH SO NOW ALL OF EASTERN WYOMING IS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 900 PM MDT. COUNTIES IN THIS WATCH INCLUDE: SHERIDAN...JOHNSON...CAMBELL...CROOK...WESTON...EASTERN CONVERSE... NIOBRARA...PLATTE...GOSHEN....AND LARAMIE. CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE: SHERIDAN...BUFFALO...GILLETTE...SUNDANCE...NEWCASTLE... DOUGLAS...LUSK ...WHEATLAND...TORRINGTON...AND CHEYENNE. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE BAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:55 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.