Alert archive / Wyoming / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1996, 4:18 PM MDT for Goshen County, Wyoming. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 22, 1996, 4:18 PM MDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1996, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Goshen County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 426 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCYS 222221 TORCYS WYC015-222245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 418 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING ...EASTERN GOSHEN COUNTY INCLUDING TORRINGTON... A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED BY A SHERIFF DEPUTY 5 MILES SOUTH OF TORRINGTON MOVING NORTH TOWARDS TOWN. IF YOU ARE IN A CAR OR MOBILE HOME...ABANDON IT! GO IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING! AS A LAST RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. WCJIN-WYSE. BAKER &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 10:52 AM MDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
WYZ059>070-NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-230000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION FOR UPPER LEVEL WIND DIRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1052 AM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL IN THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE CHEYENNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IS HIGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY BY MID AFTERNOON DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE SOME LIFTING AND HELP PROMOTE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER CHEYENNE/S COUNTY WARNING AREA TODAY. LOW FOG OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING WITH HIGH SURFACE DEWPOINTS WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY. ALOFT FLOW FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE THE STORMS THAT FORM TO THE NORTHEAST. LOW LEVEL SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS ...SHOULD PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SHEARING FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SEVERE LEVELS AS THE DAY CONTINUES. WTP
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:53 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 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, 1 hour 20 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, 34 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, 13 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Niobrara | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Platte | 25 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.