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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 29, 2003Kimball County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 2003, 11:33 AM MDT for Kimball County, Nebraska. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2003, 11:33 AM MDT (17:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2003, 12:00 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kimball County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 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 2003-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 176 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 2003-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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.

228 
WFUS55 KCYS 291733
TORCYS
NEC105-291800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1132 AM MDT TUE JUL 29 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KIMBALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KIMBALL

* UNTIL NOON MDT

* AT 1123 AM MDT...THE KIMBALL SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO 12 
MILES WEST OF KIMBALL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DIX

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4132 10390 4105 10395 4099 10355 4128 10338

$$

DAUGHERTY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 12:04 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSCheyenne41 min
Jul 29, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSMorrill35 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.