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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 11, 2006Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2006, 6:40 PM MDT for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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 11, 2006, 6:40 PM MDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2006, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
50 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), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 2:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 00:00Z on 2006-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 829 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2006-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
829 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS55 KCYS 120041
TORCYS
NEC157-120130-
/O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0007.060612T0040Z-060612T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
640 PM MDT SUN JUN 11 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT

* AT 632 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL
  CLOUD AND ROTATION WITH STORM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF...MOVING 
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MURRAY LAKE BY 645 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 1000 PM MDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

LAT...LON 4199 10403 4171 10403 4170 10369 4198 10371

$$

GOERING
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KCYS 120055
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
655 PM MDT SUN JUN 11 2006

NEC157-120130-
/O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060612T0130Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF NE-
655 PM MDT SUN JUN 11 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR WESTERN
SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY...

AT 655 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR MURRAY LAKE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY AT 710 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 1000 PM MDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

LAT...LON 4190 10403 4171 10403 4170 10369 4188 10377

$$

RUBIN
000 
WWUS55 KCYS 120130
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
730 PM MDT SUN JUN 11 2006

NEC157-120140-
/O.EXP.KCYS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060612T0130Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF NE-
730 PM MDT SUN JUN 11 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY EXPIRED
AT 730 PM MDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

LAT...LON 4190 10403 4171 10403 4170 10369 4188 10377

$$

RUBIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 6:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball40 min
Jun 11, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSScotts Bluff17 min
Jun 11, 7:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball44 min
Jun 11, 7:35 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSBanner, Scotts Bluff40 min
Jun 11, 8:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner, Scotts Bluff42 min
Jun 12, 4:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball32 min
Jun 12, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball62 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.