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High Wind Warning 12, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Sep 16, 2006, 3:07 AM MDT for Crook County, Weston County, Wyoming; 7 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Sep 16, 2006, 8:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2006, 3:07 AM MDT (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2006, 8:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2006, 6:04 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Crook County, WY, Weston County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KCYS 160907 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 307 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE FORECAST AREA... .HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT. NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-161800- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0012.060916T1600Z-060917T0300Z/ SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...CHADRON...ALLIANCE... SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD... KIMBALL...SIDNEY 307 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING BRINGING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. WINDS SPEEDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THIS MORNING...AND WILL EVENTUALLY BE SUSTAINED AT AROUND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. 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. $$ WYZ059>070-161800- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0012.060916T1400Z-060917T0300Z/ CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-GOSHEN- CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...RAWLINS... HANNA...MEDICINE BOW...CENTENNIAL...GARRETT...LARAMIE...BUFORD... HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...CHEYENNE... PINE BLUFFS 307 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A POWERFUL COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH WYOMING THIS MORNING WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO SOUTHEAST WYOMING TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE MOUNTAIN AREAS ABOVE 7000 FEET WILL EXPERIENCE SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF NEAR 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH BY MID MORNING. THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL EXPERIENCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF NEARLY 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ SOWKO
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KCYS 161619 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1019 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...STRONG WEST OR NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH 9 PM... .HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH 9 PM. NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059>070-170030- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060917T0300Z/ SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON- SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE- PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...CHADRON...ALLIANCE... SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD... KIMBALL...SIDNEY...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...RAWLINS...HANNA... MEDICINE BOW...CENTENNIAL...GARRETT...LARAMIE...BUFORD... HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...CHEYENNE... PINE BLUFFS 1019 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. OVER THE MOUNTAINS...THE WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THROUGH 10 AM...WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE BEEN INCREASING OVER THE AREA. IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING THE SPEEDS HAVE BEEN UP TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AT THAT TIME. WIND SPEEDS WERE LIGHTER IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LIGHT SNOW AND CHILLY TEMPERATURES TO MAKE FOR A RAW DAY IN THE SNOWY RANGE. HUNTERS IN THE SNOWY RANGE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE COLD...WET AND STRONG WINDS. OTHERWISE...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE STRONG WINDS AND CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WITH ANY OUTDOOR FIRES OR CIGARETTES USED OUTSIDE AS ANY FIRE THAT STARTS MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY IN THE STRONG WINDS. 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. $$ WEILAND
000 WWUS75 KCYS 162023 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 223 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...STRONG WEST OR NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH 9 PM... .HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH 9 PM. NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059>070-170230- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060917T0300Z/ SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON- SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE- PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...CHADRON...ALLIANCE... SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD... KIMBALL...SIDNEY...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...RAWLINS...HANNA... MEDICINE BOW...CENTENNIAL...GARRETT...LARAMIE...BUFORD... HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...CHEYENNE... PINE BLUFFS 223 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. OVER THE MOUNTAINS...THE WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING TO BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LIGHT SNOW AND CHILLY TEMPERATURES TO MAKE FOR A RAW DAY IN THE SNOWY RANGE. HUNTERS IN THE SNOWY RANGE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE COLD...WET AND STRONG WINDS. OTHERWISE...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE STRONG WINDS AND CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WITH ANY OUTDOOR FIRES OR CIGARETTES USED OUTSIDE AS ANY FIRE THAT STARTS MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY IN THE STRONG WINDS. 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. $$ WEILAND
000 WWUS75 KCYS 170004 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 603 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059>070-170115- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060917T0300Z/ SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON- SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE- PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...CHADRON...ALLIANCE... SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD... KIMBALL...SIDNEY...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...RAWLINS...HANNA... MEDICINE BOW...CENTENNIAL...GARRETT...LARAMIE...BUFORD... HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...CHEYENNE... PINE BLUFFS 603 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. AFTER COMING UP DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...NORTHWEST WINDS BEGAN TO DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS OF 600 PM MDT... SPEEDS WERE DOWN TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH JUST A FEW LINGERING GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE EVEN FURTHER TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY MID EVENING. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 2 AND 5 PM MDT...A FEW GUSTS FROM 60 TO 65 MPH OCCURRED TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF CHEYENNE. THE PEAK GUST AT THE CHEYENNE AIRPORT WAS 54 MPH AT 313 PM. $$ JLH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Sep 16, 2:42 AM MDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 2:42 AM MDT, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
242 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006
.SHORT TERM...THROUGH MONDAY...A STRONG COLD FRONT IS ON THE
DOORSTEP THIS MORNING WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS NOTED IN THE WESTERN
ZONES. TREMENDOUS ENERGY ALOFT WITH ANTICYCLONIC CURVATURE WILL
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SHOWERS AND TSMS ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN
ZONES. SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL SEE DECREASING CHANCES OF PRECIP AS
THE DOWNSLOPE WINDS KICK IN...ESPECIALLY BEHIND FROPA AROUND 14Z.
THE FORECAST CONCERN TODAY WILL BE THE WINDS. WRF AND NGM ARE
FORECASTING RIDICULOUS WIND SPEEDS TODAY...MANY LOCATIONS PROGGED
AT OVER 40 KTS SUSTAINED. MAV IS MORE MODEST...BUT HARD TO IGNORE
THE POTENTIAL WITH SUCH A STRONG AND DYNAMIC COLD FRONT AND UPPER
TROUGH. HAVE THEREFORE HOISTED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE
CWA TODAY...STARTING WITH WYOMING ZONES AT 14Z...AND THEN
INCLUDING THE NEB ZONES BY 16Z. THE COLD PUSH WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT WITH DECREASING PRECIP CHANCES IN MOST LOCATIONS. UPPER
ENERGY WILL SUSTAIN SOME SHOWERS...POSSIBLY SNOW...OVERNIGHT AND
INTO TOMORROW IN THE FAR NORTH...WITH THE WRF AND GFS AGREEING ON
SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE IN THAT REGION CONTINUING ALL DAY
SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE STRONG AGAIN ON SUNDAY...BUT NOT QUITE AS
MUCH AS TODAY...SO WILL ALLOW DAY SHIFT TO CONSIDER FUTURE
HIGHLIGHTS. THE SYSTEM PULLS OUT MONDAY WITH CLEARING SKIES AND
MODEST TEMPERATURE RECOVERY.
.LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...AS HAS BEEN THE THEME
FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS...THE EXTENDED MODELS ARE HAVING ALL
SORTS OF ISSUES DEALING WITH THE TRANSITION FROM SUMMER. SO
THERES NOT MUCH USE IN GETTING CAUGHT UP IN THE DETAILS OF EACH
MODEL. DGEX/GFS/ECMWF ALL PAINTING A GENERAL PICTURE OF
TROUGHINESS FOR THIS PERIOD IN THE MOST RECENT RUNS. SO HAVE
TRENDED TEMPS BELOW NORMAL AND SPREAD POPS ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WHEN MODELS ARE IN BEST
AGREEMENT ABOUT PRECIP CHANCES.
&&
.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 8 AM SATURDAY TO 9 PM SATURDAY FOR WYZ059-
WYZ060-WYZ061-WYZ062-WYZ063-WYZ064-WYZ065-WYZ066-WYZ067-
WYZ068-WYZ069-WYZ070.
NE...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 9 PM SATURDAY FOR
NEZ001-NEZ002-NEZ003-NEZ019-NEZ020-NEZ021-NEZ054-NEZ055.
&&
SHORT TERM...SOWKO
LONG TERM....POMEROYHazardous weather outlook, Sep 15, 9:45 AM MDT, 17 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 945 AM MDT FRI SEP 15 2006 WYZ061>065-160400- SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY- 945 AM MDT FRI SEP 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SECTIONS AND LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ANY STORM COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. A FEW STORMS IN CARBON COUNTY COULD PERHAPS PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. IT WILL BECOME VERY WINDY WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY MIDDAY. IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE WINDY ON SUNDAY ALSO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059-060-066>070-160400- SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-GOSHEN- CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- 945 AM MDT FRI SEP 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO THIS EVENING. ANY STORM COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. A FEW STORMS IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE COULD BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING OR EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL BECOME VERY WINDY AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 37 min |
| Sep 15, 8:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 2 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 2006High Wind Warnings in Wyoming, 2006Every high wind warning in 2006
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.