Tornado Warning 8, NWS Cheyenne, WY

Issued

Jun 16, 2015, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 2015, 3:45 PM MDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Cheyenne, WY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Observed

Hail

1.0 in

County Converse County, WY

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS55 KCYS 162111
TORCYS
WYC009-162145-
/O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0008.150616T2111Z-150616T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
311 PM MDT TUE JUN 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CONVERSE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT
    
* AT 310 PM MDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST
  OF LAPRELE RESERVOIR...OR 18 MILES WEST OF DOUGLAS...MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...PUBLIC 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. 

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAPRELE RESERVOIR AROUND 330 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4263 10580 4275 10579 4275 10542 4250 10546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 287DEG 17KT 4270 10575 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

HAMMER

543 
WWUS55 KCYS 162123
SVSCYS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
323 PM MDT TUE JUN 16 2015

WYC009-162145-
/O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150616T2145Z/
CONVERSE WY-
323 PM MDT TUE JUN 16 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CONVERSE COUNTY...
    
AT 323 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER LAPRELE RESERVOIR...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DOUGLAS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING TORNADOES.

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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL CONVERSE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4263 10573 4274 10569 4275 10542 4252 10546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 286DEG 18KT 4267 10563 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

HAMMER

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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.