Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Watches in 2009
High Wind Watch 1, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Jan 1, 2009, 5:08 AM MST. It took effect at Jan 1, 2009, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2009, 5:08 AM MST (12:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 1, 2009, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2009, 1:17 PM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 31, 8:53 PM MST, 8 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 8:53 PM MST, 8 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
853 PM MST WED DEC 31 2008
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT...
MINOR UPDATES FORTHCOMING THIS EVENING...EXCEPT FOR THE ALREADY
EXECUTED EXPANSION OF THE HIGH WIND WARNING TO INCLUDE THE
CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS AND NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE WHERE VERY STRONG
WINDS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED TONIGHT. NUMEROUS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG INTERSTATE 25 AT CHEYENNE AND WYOMING
HILL...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH NEAR WHITAKER IN THE PAST HOUR.
WITH PRESSURE FALLS IN THE LEE OF THE LARAMIE RANGE AND CONTINUING
PRESSURE RISES OVER WESTERN COLORADO...BELIEVE THAT THESE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT FARTHER EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THAN
PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. WINDS HAVE ALSO CONTINUED TO GUST IN EXCESS
OF 58 MPH NEAR ESTERBROOK...SO HAVE ALSO INCLUDED THE NORTHERN
LARAMIE RANGE IN THE WARNING FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD.
WILL AVOID ANY CONFUSION WITH ISSUING A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR
THURSDAY WITH AN ONGOING WARNING OVERNIGHT. WILL INSTEAD ADJUST
WINDS IN FORECAST SLIGHTLY AND MENTION THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS
WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO THURSDAY. WIND GUIDANCE TOOLS
SUGGEST THAT CRAIG TO CASPER PRESSURE GRADIENTS SHOULD REMAIN
SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT VERY STRONG WINDS INTO THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT. AGAIN...WILL LET THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.
.LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CWA
FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS
WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE OF SNOW ACROSS CARBON COUNTY FRIDAY
NIGHT...WHICH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY. AREAS TO THE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE
WILL REMAIN DRY. THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA EARLY SAT. SUN THROUGH MON WILL BE DRY WITH NW
FLOW ALOFT AND DOWNSLOPE WINDS AT THE SURFACE. A DISTURBANCE WILL IN
THE NW FLOW ALOFT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA MONDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL
PRODUCE A CHANCE OF SNOW FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. DRY TUES AND WED WITH
NW FLOW ALOFT AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS ALONG THE WEST COAST. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND NORMAL EACH DAY.
&&
.AVIATION...
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST
WYOMING OVERNIGHT. EXPECT CEILINGS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE THURSDAY WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ALSO INCREASING
THE CHANCES FOR SOME LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY. THE PANHANDLE WILL
ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION BEHIND THE
FRONT AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO WELL ABOVE FREEZING
BEFORE THE COLDER AIRMASS MOVES SOUTH INTO THE AREA DURING THE
AFTERNOON.
&&
.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR WYZ062-WYZ063-WYZ064-
WYZ066-WYZ067-WYZ069.
NE...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM/AVIATION...CARPENTER
LONG TERM...KMDHazardous weather outlook, Dec 31, 8:37 PM MST, 8 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 837 PM MST WED DEC 31 2008 NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ068-070-020345- SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE-GOSHEN-PINE BLUFFS- 837 PM MST WED DEC 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY IT WILL BREEZY AND COOLER ON THURSDAY WITH A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 15 TO 30 MPH. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE WYZ062>064-066-067-069-020345- NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE- CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS- 837 PM MST WED DEC 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY STRONG OVERNIGHT AT 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH...AND EVEN AROUND 70 MPH NEAR THE MOST WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS BORDEAUX ALONG INTERSTATE 25. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND MAY EVEN NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO THURSDAY AS STRONG WINDS NEAR WARNING CRITERIA WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...MAINLY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH OR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE WYZ059>061-065-020345- CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-SOUTHWEST CARBON-LARAMIE VALLEY- 837 PM MST WED DEC 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE WINDY OVERNIGHT WITH GENERALLY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY CONTINUED BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY... AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 1, 12:39 AM MST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 8:29 PM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | 12 hr | |
| Jan 1, 1:17 PM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | 27 hr |
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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.