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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2005, 4:54 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2005, 4:54 PM MDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2005, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 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), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 5:10 PM MDT | TORNADO | 3 W Dalton, NE | OBSERVED TORNADO ON THE GROUND WITH ESTIMATED 1/2 MILE WIDE BASE |
| Jun 27, 5:27 PM MDT | TORNADO | 3 N Potter, NE | |
| Jun 27, 5:35 PM MDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Potter, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 27, 2:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -346 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2260 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KCYS 272255 TORCYS NEC033-272330- /O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0008.050627T2254Z-050627T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 454 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA * UNTIL 530 PM MDT * AT 454 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 20 MILES NORTH OF POTTER...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIMBALL... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY AT 510 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING. LAT...LON 4142 10300 4143 10337 4101 10334 4101 10300 $$ RUBIN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KCYS 272304 SVSCYS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 503 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2005 NEC033-272330- /O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050627T2330Z/ CHEYENNE NE- 503 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY... AT 503 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 19 MILES NORTH OF POTTER...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIMBALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY AT 520 PM MDT THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING. LAT...LON 4142 10300 4143 10337 4101 10334 4101 10300 $$ RUBIN
000 WWUS55 KCYS 272314 SVSCYS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 514 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2005 NEC033-272330- /O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050627T2330Z/ CHEYENNE NE- 514 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY... AT 514 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTH OF POTTER...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIMBALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING. LAT...LON 4142 10300 4143 10337 4121 10335 4119 10301 $$ RUBIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 23 min |
| Jun 27, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Scotts Bluff | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 3:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner, Scotts Bluff | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Sioux | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 4:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner, Morrill | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 4:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner, Morrill | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 5:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.