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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 6, 1996Banner County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at May 6, 1996, 11:11 PM MDT for Banner County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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
May 6, 1996, 11:11 PM MDT (05:11 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1996, 11:45 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Banner County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 11:30 PM MDTHail 1Harrisburg, 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1996-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 551 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1996-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
551 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCYS 070534 RRA
TORCYS
NEC007-070545-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1111 PM MDT MON MAY 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
 
   ...NORTHERN BANNER COUNTY
 
AT 110OPM THE CHEYENNE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO CROSSING
INTO NORTHWEST BANNER COUNTY OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ALONG WITH
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
 
AT 11PM LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE TOWN OF LAGRANGE WYOMING.
THERE HAVE NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR INJURIES IN LAGRAGE AT THIS
TIME.
 
A TORNADO WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN GOSHEN
COUNTY WYOMING UNTIL 1145PM.
 
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!
 
COX
 
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.