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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2016, 3:27 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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
- Jul 7, 2016, 3:27 PM MDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2016, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Cheyenne County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 3:29 PM MDT | TORNADO | 7 W Lorenzo, NE | TWO LANDSPOUT TORNADOES WERE ON THE GROUND 7 MILES WEST OF LORENZO NEBRASKA. EACH TORNADO LASTED FOR 10 MINUTES BEFORE DISSIPATING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 2978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
012
WFUS55 KCYS 072127
TORCYS
NEC033-072200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0007.160707T2127Z-160707T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
327 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 400 PM MDT
* AT 327 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER LORENZO...OR 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIDNEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY.
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 OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4111 10323 4106 10268 4100 10268 4100 10323
4101 10324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 270DEG 23KT 4103 10307
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RUBIN2 follow-up statements
948
WWUS55 KCYS 072141
SVSCYS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
341 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2016
NEC033-072200-
/O.CON.KCYS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160707T2200Z/
CHEYENNE NE-
341 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY...
AT 340 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED LANDSPOUT TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER
LORENZO...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIDNEY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED LANDSPOUT TORNADO.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LORENZO AROUND 345 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4110 10312 4106 10268 4100 10268 4100 10313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 276DEG 8KT 4103 10307
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
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WWUS55 KCYS 072156
SVSCYS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
356 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2016
NEC033-072205-
/O.EXP.KCYS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160707T2200Z/
CHEYENNE NE-
356 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 400 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4110 10312 4106 10268 4100 10268 4100 10313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 270DEG 23KT 4103 10307
$$
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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.