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Winter Storm Watch 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

December 12, 2008Crook County, Weston County, Wyoming; Box Butte County, Dawes County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm watch at Dec 12, 2008, 5:44 AM MST for Crook County, Weston County, Wyoming; Box Butte County, Dawes County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 12, 2008, 1:44 PM MST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2008, 5:44 AM MST (12:44 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 12, 2008, 1:44 PM MST
Expired: Dec 13, 2008, 4:26 AM MST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Crook County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Dec 12, 5:13 AM MST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 5:13 AM MST, 31 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 12, 11:20 AM MST	High Wind Warning	CYS		23 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Nebraska, 2008 Winter Storm Watches in Wyoming, 2008 Every winter storm watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.