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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cheyenne, WY

March 30, 2005Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2005, 3:09 PM MST for Scotts Bluff 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
Mar 30, 2005, 3:09 PM MST (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2005, 3:34 PM MST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Scotts Bluff County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 231 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 2005-03-30Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2005-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2365 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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 
WFUS55 KCYS 302210
TORCYS
NEC157-302230-
/O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0001.050330T2209Z-050330T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
309 PM MST WED MAR 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
  THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITIES OF SCOTTSBLUFF OR GERING 

* UNTIL 330 PM MST

* AT 306 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MITCHELL...
  OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MITCHELL BY 330 PM MST

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.

LAT...LON 4186 10398 4178 10382 4198 10359 4200 10380

$$

WEILAND
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KCYS 302221
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
319 PM MST WED MAR 30 2005

NEC157-302230-
/O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050330T2230Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF NE-
319 PM MST WED MAR 30 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM MST FOR CENTRAL SCOTTS
BLUFF COUNTY...

AT 312 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF.  
AS OF 316 PM THE TORNADO HAD RETREATED BACK INTO THE BASE OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH. 

THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY AT 325 PM MST

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.

LAT...LON 4186 10398 4178 10382 4198 10359 4200 10380

$$

WEILAND
000 
WWUS55 KCYS 302234
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
333 PM MST WED MAR 30 2005

NEC157-302243-
/O.EXP.KCYS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050330T2230Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF NE-
333 PM MST WED MAR 30 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY EXPIRES AT 330
PM MST...

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.  
SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT THE TORNADO DISSIPATED.  

LAT...LON 4186 10398 4178 10382 4198 10359 4200 10380

$$

STARK

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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.