Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1997, 6:50 PM MDT for Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 15 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 14, 1997, 6:50 PM MDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1997, 7:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kimball County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 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 150051 RRA TORCYS NEC105-150105- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 650 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 1997 * TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN KIMBALL COUNTY IN WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE * UNTIL 705 PM MDT * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE DIX AT 750 PM MDT * AT 750 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOS AT DIX IN EXTREME EAST KIMBALL COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOMR SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR SMALL CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE AND COVER YOUR HEAD. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR VEHICLE! STOP...GET OUT...AND SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. 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 14, 4:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
WYZ059-060-064>070-150420- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 420 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN WYOMING UNTIL 10PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF WYOMING UNTIL 10PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH INCLUDE...CAMPBELL...CROOK...WESTON...NIOBRARA...CONVERSE...ALBANY ...PLATTE...GOSHEN AND LARAMIE. AT 4:15 PM MDT CHEYENNE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS AS WELL AS INTENSE LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT TORNADO DEVELOPMENT MIGHT OCCUR. BE SURE TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NEAREST AUTHORITIES OR DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON 307-772-2468. WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE WTP
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:22 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
WYZ059-060-064>070-150420- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 420 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN WYOMING UNTIL 10PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF WYOMING UNTIL 10PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH INCLUDE...CAMPBELL...CROOK...WESTON...NIOBRARA...CONVERSE...ALBANY ...PLATTE...GOSHEN AND LARAMIE. AT 4:15 PM MDT CHEYENNE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS AS WELL AS INTENSE LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT TORNADO DEVELOPMENT MIGHT OCCUR. BE SURE TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NEAREST AUTH\ORITIES OR DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON 307-772-2468. WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE WTP
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:48 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
WYZ059-060-064>070-150150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 648 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 1997 A TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN WYOMING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS OF 645 PM MDT. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA AT 645 PM MDT. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL BE EXTREMELY LOW. WCJIN-WYSE WTP
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:49 PM MDT, 1 minute before
WYZ059-060-064>070-150150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 648 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 1997 A TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN WYOMING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS OF 645 PM MDT. NA LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA AT 645 PM MDT. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL BE EXTREMELY LOW. WCJIN-WYSE WTP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner, Kimball | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 6:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 32 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.