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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2017, 5:15 PM MDT for Banner County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska; Goshen County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2017, 5:15 PM MDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2017, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Banner County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12, 1:11 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 697 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1130 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
501
WFUS55 KCYS 122315
TORCYS
NEC007-157-WYC015-021-122345-
/O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0014.170612T2315Z-170612T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
515 PM MDT MON JUN 12 2017
The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Scotts Bluff County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...
Northwestern Banner County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...
Southeastern Goshen County in southeastern Wyoming...
Northeastern Laramie County in southeastern Wyoming...
* Until 545 PM MDT
* At 514 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southeast of La Grange, or 31 miles northwest
of Kimball, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
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
southwestern Scotts Bluff...northwestern Banner...southeastern
Goshen and northeastern Laramie Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Cheyenne.
&&
LAT...LON 4144 10409 4154 10426 4185 10395 4166 10369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 224DEG 25KT 4154 10411
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
LevinThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 9:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Cheyenne | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 5:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner, Kimball | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 5:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Sioux | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner, Scotts Bluff | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 5:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner, Kimball | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 7:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Converse | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 9:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Converse | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 3:50 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 23 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Platte | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 2:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Platte | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 2:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Platte | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 3:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 3:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Converse, Platte | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 3:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen, Platte | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Converse | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Converse, Platte | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 3:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen, Platte | 23 min |
| Jun 12, 4:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen, Platte | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 4:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 23 min |
| Jun 12, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 4:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 4:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 4:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 20 min |
| Jun 12, 4:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Converse, Platte | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 5:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Laramie | 36 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.