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High Wind Warning 21, NWS Cheyenne, WY

March 12, 2008

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Mar 12, 2008, 4:56 PM MDT. It was in force for 3 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
Mar 12, 2008, 4:56 PM MDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2008, 7:59 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS75 KCYS 122256
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
456 PM MDT WED MAR 12 2008

...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...

.STRONG WEST WINDS CAUSED BY A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE 
PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN PLATTE 
COUNTY...BETWEEN WHEATLAND AND CHUGWATER DURING THAT TIME.

WYZ067-130200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0021.080312T2256Z-080313T0200Z/
PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY
456 PM MDT WED MAR 12 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH OVER THIS
AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.  WINDS WILL GUST TO 60 MPH BETWEEN
WHEATLAND AND CHUGWATER.  

SINCE 315 PM...WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO 60 MPH AT TIMES AT THE 
INTERSTATE 25 BORDEAUX EXIT.  

THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THOSE TRAVELING WITH
LIGHTWEIGT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN 
CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND.

$$

WEILAND
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KCYS 130159
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
759 PM MDT WED MAR 12 2008

...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SOME OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...

WYZ067-130300-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080313T0200Z/
PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY
759 PM MDT WED MAR 12 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELED...

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

THE STRONG WEST WINDS THAT WERE OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS SINCE
THE LATE AFTERNOON HAVE GRADUALLY DIMINISHED. WIND GUSTS THROUGH
MIDNIGHT WILL BE BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH OVER THAT AREA...AND LIKELY
DIMINISH EVEN FURTHER AFTER MIDNIGHT.  

EVEN THOUGH THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING...THOSE 
TRAVELING WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN SOUTHEAST
WYOMING THROUGH MIDNIGHT SHOULD STILL EXPECT WINDY AND GUSTY
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN PLACES DURING THAT TIME.

$$

WEILAND

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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.