Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2004, 5:20 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 3, 2004, 5:20 PM MDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2004, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cheyenne County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 3, 2:05 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -546 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
471 WFUS55 KCYS 032320 TORCYS NEC033-032345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 520 PM MDT THU JUN 3 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIDNEY * UNTIL 545 PM MDT * AT 513 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR MOUNT VERNON COMMUNITY CENTER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF SIDNEY... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SIDNEY AIRPORT AND SIDNEY BY 530 PM MDT COLTON AND SUNOL BY 545 PM MDT 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4120 10323 4102 10323 4100 10267 4127 10266 $$ DAUGHERTY
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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.