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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 26, 1996Kimball County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 1996, 4:50 PM MDT for Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports 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
Jul 26, 1996, 4:50 PM MDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1996, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Kimball County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 26, 5:00 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 52Kimball, NE
Jul 26, 5:21 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 52Bushnell, 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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 12:00Z on 1996-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 1996-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-414 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1304 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCYS 262253
TORCYS
NEC105-262315-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
450 PM MDT FRI JUL 26 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN KIMBALL COUNTY
 
AT 450 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KIMBALL COUNTY....8 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PINE BLUFFS. THIS
STORM IS ALSO LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL GREATER THAN 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.
 
DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED STRONG ROTATION IN THIS STORM.  IT HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY MOMENT!
 
PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST KIMBALL COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.
MOORE

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, Jul 26, 2:36 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
WYZ066>070-262130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
235 PM MDT FRI JUL 26 1996

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING
AT 230 PM.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF
WHEATLAND.  OTHER WEAK STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE LARAMIE RANGE.
MOST STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

THIS INITIAL BATCH OF STORMS WILL MAINLY AFFECT SOUTHERN PLATTE...
SOUTHERN GOSHEN AND NORTHERN LARAMIE COUNTIES THROUGH 4 PM.  SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS
FROM THESE STORMS.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME QUITE
STRONG LATER THIS AFTERNOON...SO STAY TUTNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER
INFORMATION.

WCJIN-WYSE

JAD
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:50 PM MDT, 1 hour before
WYZ062-064>070-262245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
350 PM MDT FRI JUL 26 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

AT 345 PM MDT A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER SOUTHEAST
WYOMING WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CHEYENNE...ONE 25 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH...AND ANOTHER STORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CHEYENNE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE NORTHERN STORM...ON ITS CURRENT TRACK WILL AFFECT BURNS BY 445 PM
AND THE SECOND STORM WILL AFFECT CARPENTER BY 415 PM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE COVER AND WATCH OUT FOR F
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

WCJIN-WYSE
LRE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball30 min
Jul 26, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.