Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1996, 5:59 PM MDT for Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 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 16, 1996, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1996, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dawes County, NE
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 510 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCYS 170001 SVRCYS NEC045-170100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 559 PM MDT THU MAY 16 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ...DAWES COUNTY AT 555 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHADRON. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL REACH THE CITY OF CHADRON AROUND 615 PM. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! PAL
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 16, 12:45 PM MDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
WYZ014-018-020>025-061>063-065-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1245 PM MDT THU MAY 16 1996 ...STRONG WINDS WERE NOTED OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING... THERE WERE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM EVANSTON EAST TO LARAMIE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WERE COMMON WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING. SOME GUSTS MAY REACH 50 TO 55 MPH BEFORE THE WINDS DECREASE THIS EVENING BEHIND A PACIFIC COLD FRONT. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING WEST OF LARAMIE THIS AFTERNOON...YOU SHOULD BE READY FOR STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. WCJIN-WYSW-WYSE < JLH
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
WYZ011>025-059>070-171200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 400 PM MDT THU MAY 16 1996 ...STRONG WINDS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT INTO THE SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY... STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE OCCURRING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CASPER TO LARAMIE THIS AFTERNOON. SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WERE COMMON WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 55 MPH. EAST OF THE CASPER TO LARAMIE LINE ...LOWER WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WERE NOTED IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THE STRONG WINDS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING WILL PERSIST EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN AT 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. IT WILL BE QUITE WINDY OVER ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WYOMING ON FRIDAY WITH WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH. SOME GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR IN MOST ARES AS WELL. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WYOMING THIJS EVENING OR FRIDAY...YOU SHOULD BE READY FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. WCJIN-WYALL JLH
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
WYZ068-NEZ019-020-162345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 446 PM MDT THU MAY 16 1996 AT 445 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR AT CHEYENE INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF LAGRANGE IN SOUTHEAST GOSHEN COUNTY WYOMING. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORM WAS ENTERING THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF BANEY COUNTY AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SCOTTS BLUFFS COUNTY NEBRA\SKA. THE STORM WILL REACH GERING BETWEEN 515 TO 530 PM. SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PAL
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
WYZ068-NEZ019-020-162345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED BANNER COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 446 PM MDT THU MAY 16 1996 AT 445 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR AT CHEYENNE INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF LAGRANGE IN SOUTHEAST GOSHEN COUNTY WYOMING. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORM WAS ENTERING THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF BANNER COUNTY AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER nOF SCOTTS BLUFFS COUNTY NEBRASKA. THE STORM WILL REACH GERING BETWEEN 515 TO 530 PM. SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PAL
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:51 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
WYZ054-056-057-170600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 550 PM MDT THU MAY 16 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 600 PM TO MIDNIGHT MDT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST WYOMING... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 600 PM TO MIDNIGHT MDT. COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE WESTON AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF CAMPBELL. CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE GILLETTE...MOORCROFT...AND SUNDANCE. A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES. MONITOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVLOPMENTS...AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. IF POSSIBLE...REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRANCES TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. REQUEST THAT THEY RELAY REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CGB WCJIN-WYNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 62 min |
| May 15, 8:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.