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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Cheyenne, WY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:52 PM MDT | TORNADO | 7 Se Bushnell, NE | |
| Jun 6, 1:55 PM MDT | TORNADO | 7 S Bushnell, NE | THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 7 SOUTH AND LIFTED. |
| Jun 6, 1:55 PM MDT | TORNADO | 7 S Bushnell, NE | THE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 12:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
HAMMER/LIEBL1 follow-up statement
919
WWUS55 KCYS 061953 RRA
SVSCYS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
153 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
NEC105-062015-
/O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140606T2015Z/
KIMBALL NE-
153 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIMBALL
COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM MDT...
AT 149 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BUSHNELL...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN KIMBALL COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4101 10358 4100 10382 4114 10389 4121 10379
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 339DEG 9KT 4110 10379
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
HAMMER/LIEBLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 12:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Kimball | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 1:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 2:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | Kimball | 6 hr |
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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.