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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

December 23, 20056 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Dec 23, 2005, 10:06 AM MST for 6 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2005, 10:06 AM MST (17:06 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2005, 4:08 PM MST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2005-12-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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.

000 
WWUS75 KCYS 231706
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1006 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2005

WYZ066-067-069-240000-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-051224T0000Z/
LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFORD...HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...
GUERNSEY...CHEYENNE
1006 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AS A POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH WYOMING.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH 5 PM MST. AT 10 AM MST...SEVERAL LOCATIONS RECORDED
WESTERLY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. THIS IS
MAKING TRAVELING DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
ALONG I-25 BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND WHEATLAND.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

NEZ003-019>021-054-055-240000-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0013.051223T1706Z-051224T0100Z/
BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...
HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY
1006 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY NOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE 25 TO 40 MPH
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KCYS 232308
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
408 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005

WYZ066-067-069-240015-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-051224T0000Z/
LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFORD...HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...
GUERNSEY...CHEYENNE
408 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. BUT GUSTS TO 60
MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

NEZ003-019>021-054-055-240015-
/O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051224T0100Z/
BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...
HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY
408 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. BUT STRONGER
WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

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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.