Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2009, 1:00 PM MDT for Banner County, Kimball County, Nebraska; Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 45 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 7, 2009, 1:00 PM MDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2009, 1:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Banner County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 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 071900 TORCYS NEC007-105-WYC021-071945- /O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0009.090607T1900Z-090607T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 100 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BANNER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... NORTHWESTERN KIMBALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... EAST CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING... * UNTIL 145 PM MDT * AT 1258 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR ALBIN...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIMBALL. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ALBIN AROUND 105 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4153 10377 4132 10373 4132 10422 4148 10425 TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 267DEG 12KT 4138 10412 $$ RE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KCYS 071915 SVSCYS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 115 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 2009 WYC021-071924- /O.CAN.KCYS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090607T1945Z/ LARAMIE WY- 115 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICTEDE THE STORM HAD MOVED EAST OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 4134 10404 4150 10404 4153 10377 4132 10373 TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 267DEG 12KT 4138 10406 $$ NEC007-105-071945- /O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090607T1945Z/ BANNER NE-KIMBALL NE- 115 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN KIMBALL AND SOUTHWESTERN BANNER COUNTIES... AT 112 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BANNER COUNTY...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIMBALL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN KIMBALL AND SOUTHWESTERN BANNER COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4134 10404 4150 10404 4153 10377 4132 10373 TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 267DEG 12KT 4138 10406 $$ RE
000 WWUS55 KCYS 071916 SVSCYS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 116 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 2009 WYC021-071924- /O.CAN.KCYS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090607T1945Z/ LARAMIE WY- 116 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THE STORM HAD MOVED EAST OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 4134 10404 4150 10404 4153 10377 4132 10373 TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 267DEG 12KT 4138 10406 $$ NEC007-105-071945- /O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090607T1945Z/ BANNER NE-KIMBALL NE- 116 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN KIMBALL AND SOUTHWESTERN BANNER COUNTIES... AT 112 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BANNER COUNTY...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIMBALL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN KIMBALL AND SOUTHWESTERN BANNER COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4134 10404 4150 10404 4153 10377 4132 10373 TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 267DEG 12KT 4138 10406 $$ RE
000 WWUS55 KCYS 071940 SVSCYS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 140 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 2009 NEC007-105-071950- /O.EXP.KCYS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090607T1945Z/ BANNER NE-KIMBALL NE- 140 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KIMBALL AND SOUTHWESTERN BANNER COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 145 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. LAT...LON 4134 10404 4150 10404 4153 10377 4132 10373 TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 267DEG 12KT 4138 10394 $$ RE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 11:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Kimball | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 12:15 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 12:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 1:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 22 min |
| Jun 7, 1:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner, Scotts Bluff | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 2:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Morrill | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 5:40 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 42 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 2009Tornado Warnings in Wyoming, 2009Every tornado warning in 2009Tornadoes in 2009
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.