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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY

January 9, 20097 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Jan 9, 2009, 4:32 AM MST for 7 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 9, 2009, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 9, 2009, 4:32 AM MST (11:32 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 9, 2009, 8:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 9, 2009, 4:56 PM MST
In force
9 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

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:33 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 00:00Z on 2009-01-09Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2009-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
3204 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 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 091132
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
432 AM MST FRI JAN 9 2009

NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-092045-
/O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0006.090109T1500Z-090110T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0002.090109T1500Z-090110T0100Z/
SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-
CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...
SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...
KIMBALL...SIDNEY
432 AM MST FRI JAN 9 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST
THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH 8 AM OVER THE PANHANDLE.
AFTER THAT TIME...WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 26 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH.  THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM
OVER THE PANHANDLE AND THEN WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY.   

THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY 
FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN 
ADDITION...THE WINDS MAY CREATE LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT
NEAR OPEN FIELDS...REDUCING VISIBILITY.  

$$

WEILAND
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS75 KCYS 092226
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
326 PM MST FRI JAN 9 2009

NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-100100-
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090110T0100Z/
SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-
CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...
SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...
KIMBALL...SIDNEY
326 PM MST FRI JAN 9 2009

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

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

NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AT 20 TO 35 MPH
WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL
DECREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH AFTER 5 PM...AND TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY 730 PM.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY
FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 


$$

JLH
000 
WWUS75 KCYS 092356
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
456 PM MST FRI JAN 9 2009

NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-100100-
/O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090110T0100Z/
SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-
CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...
SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...
KIMBALL...SIDNEY
456 PM MST FRI JAN 9 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE HAVE
BEGUN TO DECREASE IN SPEED EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEREFORE THE
WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH AROUND 700 PM MST. WIND SPEEDS
WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND BECOME MORE
WESTERLY AT 5 TO 15 MPH BY MORNING.

$$

CARPENTER

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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.