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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Cheyenne, WY
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 6:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 17 min |
| Jun 11, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 7:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner, Scotts Bluff | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 8:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Scotts Bluff | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 62 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.