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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 6, 2014Kimball County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2014, 1:40 PM MDT for Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 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 6, 2014, 1:40 PM MDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2014, 2:15 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
1.5 in

County Kimball County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 1:52 PM MDTTORNADO7 Se Bushnell, NE
Jun 6, 1:55 PM MDTTORNADO7 S Bushnell, NETHE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 7 SOUTH AND LIFTED.
Jun 6, 1:55 PM MDTTORNADO7 S Bushnell, NETHE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 7 SOUTH AND LIFTED THEN TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN 4 WEST OF BUSHNELL.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 12:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 367 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 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
367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

206 
WFUS55 KCYS 061940
TORCYS
NEC105-062015-
/O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0010.140606T1940Z-140606T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
140 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL KIMBALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 215 PM MDT

* AT 137 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF   
  BUSHNELL...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KIMBALL
  COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 10 AND 15.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4101 10358 4100 10385 4118 10391 4122 10379
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 340DEG 18KT 4113 10381

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

HAMMER/LIEBL
1 follow-up statement
919 
WWUS55 KCYS 061953 RRA
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
153 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

NEC105-062015-
/O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140606T2015Z/
KIMBALL NE-
153 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIMBALL
COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM MDT...

AT 149 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
BUSHNELL...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN KIMBALL COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4101 10358 4100 10382 4114 10389 4121 10379
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 339DEG 9KT 4110 10379

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

HAMMER/LIEBL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 12:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBanner, Kimball50 min
Jun 6, 1:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball39 min
Jun 6, 2:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball27 min
Jun 6, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSKimball30 min
Jun 6, 2:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningCYSKimball6 hr

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.