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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2013, 2:28 PM MDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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
- May 27, 2013, 2:28 PM MDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2013, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Banner County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:28 PM MDT | TORNADO | 12 Nw Potter, NE | TORNADO HAS NOW LIFTED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 4442 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
056
WFUS55 KCYS 272028
TORCYS
NEC007-033-105-123-272100-
/O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0008.130527T2028Z-130527T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
228 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BANNER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
NORTHEASTERN KIMBALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
SOUTHWESTERN MORRILL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 300 PM MDT
* AT 220 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DIX...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
KIMBALL...NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE...SOUTHEASTERN BANNER AND
SOUTHWESTERN MORRILL COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
CHEYENNE.
&&
LAT...LON 4151 10325 4125 10318 4125 10365 4147 10374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 258DEG 22KT 4130 10351
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RUBIN2 follow-up statements
924
WWUS55 KCYS 272043
SVSCYS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
243 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013
NEC007-033-105-123-272100-
/O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130527T2100Z/
BANNER NE-CHEYENNE NE-KIMBALL NE-MORRILL NE-
243 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORRILL...
NORTHEASTERN KIMBALL...NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE AND SOUTHEASTERN BANNER
COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM MDT...
AT 239 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DIX...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
KIMBALL...NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE...SOUTHEASTERN BANNER AND
SOUTHWESTERN MORRILL COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
CHEYENNE.
&&
LAT...LON 4148 10360 4151 10325 4125 10318 4125 10351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 258DEG 22KT 4132 10339
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RUBIN249 WWUS55 KCYS 272046 SVSCYS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 246 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013 NEC007-033-105-123-272056- /O.CAN.KCYS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130527T2100Z/ BANNER NE-CHEYENNE NE-KIMBALL NE-MORRILL NE- 246 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORRILL...NORTHEASTERN KIMBALL...NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE AND SOUTHEASTERN BANNER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT. LAT...LON 4148 10360 4151 10325 4125 10318 4125 10351 TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 258DEG 22KT 4132 10337 $$ RUBIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 44 min |
| May 26, 8:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 45 min |
| May 26, 9:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 25 min |
| May 26, 9:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Morrill, Scotts Bluff | 38 min |
| May 26, 9:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 52 min |
| May 26, 10:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte | 44 min |
| May 27, 2:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Banner | 60 min |
| May 27, 2:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner, Kimball | 25 min |
| May 27, 2:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Cheyenne | 48 min |
| May 27, 3:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Banner | 42 min |
| May 27, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Morrill | 39 min |
| May 27, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte | 52 min |
| May 27, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Morrill | 60 min |
| May 27, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes, Sioux | 63 min |
| May 27, 4:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes, Sioux | 28 min |
| May 27, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Dawes | 64 min |
| May 27, 4:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Dawes | 58 min |
| May 27, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 62 min |
| May 27, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte | 59 min |
| May 27, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte | 58 min |
| May 27, 5:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte | 62 min |
| May 27, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 40 min |
| May 27, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte | 57 min |
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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.