Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 24, 1997Kimball County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1997, 5:00 PM MDT for Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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 24, 1997, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1997, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Kimball County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 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 1997-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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.

053 
WUUS1 KCYS 242301 RRA
SVRCYS
NEC105-242330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
500 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  NORTHEAST KIMBALL COUNTY IN WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE
  DIX BY 503 PM
  RURAL AREAS NORTH OF DIX THROUGH 530 PM

* AT 455 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN CHEYENNE SHOWED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF KIMBALL NEAR DIX.  THIS STORM WAS
  MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
 
 
LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.  SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AWAY FROM ALL WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

SULLIVAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.