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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Cheyenne, WY

March 25, 2009

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm warning at Mar 25, 2009, 8:44 PM MDT. It was in force for 23 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 25, 2009, 8:44 PM MDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2009, 7:39 PM MDT
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

The text

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

000 
WWUS45 KCYS 260244
WSWCYS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
844 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2009

...STORM SYSTEM TO BRING MORE SNOW TO THE REGION...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. AS IT DOES IT
WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. AT THE SAME
TIME A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AFTER
MIDNIGHT WITH NORTHEAST UPSLOPE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT AIDING IN
SNOWFALL.

WYZ063-261200-
/O.UPG.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090326T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.WS.W.0005.090326T0244Z-090327T0300Z/
SNOWY RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CENTENNIAL
844 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
ON THURSDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE SIERRA MADRE AND SNOWY MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL TURN FROM
WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT...TO NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH
THURSDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND NEW SNOW
WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

WYZ059-067-069-261200-
/O.EXB.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.090326T1200Z-090327T0300Z/
CONVERSE-PLATTE-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...WHEATLAND...
GUERNSEY...CHEYENNE
844 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM MDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR SHORTLY AFTER
SUNRISE THURSDAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST
AMOUNTS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY
EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

NEZ020-054-055-WYZ070-261200-
/O.EXB.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.090326T1500Z-090327T0300Z/
BANNER-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-PINE BLUFFS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
PINE BLUFFS
844 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR BY MID-MORNING
THURSDAY...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN LOCATIONS NEAREST THE COLORADO STATE LINE. NORTHEAST
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WYZ061-062-065-261200-
/O.EXT.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-LARAMIE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAWLINS...HANNA...MEDICINE BOW...
LARAMIE
844 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT
THURSDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT
THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND INTENSIFY
ON THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF
MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE
THURSDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WYZ064-066-261200-
/O.EXT.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRETT...BUFORD...HORSE CREEK
844 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT
THURSDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT
THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND INTENSIFY
ON THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGHOUT THE LARAMIE RANGE BY LATE THURSDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES...
ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE RANGE. NORTHEAST
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

HAHN
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS45 KCYS 261010
WSWCYS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
410 AM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...QUICK STORM SYSTEM TO BRING MORE SNOW TO THE REGION...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN WYOMING INTO
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO BY TONIGHT. AS IT DOES IT WILL SPREAD SNOW
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS
WILL ALSO DEVELOP THIS MORNING WHICH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW.

WYZ063-270000-
/O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
SNOWY RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CENTENNIAL
410 AM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY...HEAVY AT TIMES.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
SIERRA MADRE AND SNOWY RANGES. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH
WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR A
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WYZ061-062-270000-
/O.EXT.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0000Z/
SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAWLINS...HANNA...MEDICINE BOW
410 AM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON THEN 
TAPER OFF TOWARD THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN 
BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE 
HALF MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WYZ064-261800-
/O.EXT.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090326T1800Z/
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GARRETT
410 AM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT
TODAY. 

SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE AREA PRIMARILY THIS MORNING THEN TAPER OFF
THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGHOUT THE NORTH LARAMIE RANGE BY THIS EVENING. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES...
ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE RANGE. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW
ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WYZ059-261800-
/O.EXT.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.090326T1200Z-090326T1800Z/
CONVERSE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK
410 AM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING
TO NOON MDT TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS
MORNING TO NOON MDT TODAY. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR SHORTLY AFTER
SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE
TAPERING OFF. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE
HALF MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WYZ067-270000-
/O.EXT.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.090326T1200Z-090327T0000Z/
PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY
410 AM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR SHORTLY AFTER
SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL
TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS
ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WYZ065-270000-
/O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
LARAMIE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LARAMIE
410 AM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE AREA TODAY THEN TAPER OFF EARLY THIS
EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WYZ066-270000-
/O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
LARAMIE RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFORD...HORSE CREEK
410 AM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE AREA TODAY THEN TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. 
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE
LARAMIE RANGE BY LATE THURSDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF
MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WYZ069-270000-
/O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.090326T1200Z-090327T0300Z/
CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEYENNE
410 AM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS LARAMIE COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. NORTHEAST
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

NEZ020-054-055-WYZ070-270000-
/O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.090326T1500Z-090327T0300Z/
BANNER-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-PINE BLUFFS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
PINE BLUFFS
410 AM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY INTO THE SOUTHERN
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. 
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN LOCATIONS NEAREST THE COLORADO STATE LINE. NORTHEAST
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KCYS 261803
WSWCYS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1203 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...QUICK STORM SYSTEM TO BRING MORE SNOW TO THE REGION...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN WYOMING INTO
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO BY TONIGHT. AS IT DOES IT WILL SPREAD SNOW
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS
WILL ALSO DEVELOP THIS MORNING WHICH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW.

WYZ064-261915-
/O.EXP.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090326T1800Z/
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GARRETT
1203 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.

$$

WYZ059-261915-
/O.EXP.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090326T1800Z/
CONVERSE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK
1203 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. 

$$

WYZ063-270215-
/O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
SNOWY RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CENTENNIAL
1203 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY...HEAVY AT TIMES.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
SIERRA MADRE AND SNOWY RANGES. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH
WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR A
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WYZ065-270215-
/O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
LARAMIE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LARAMIE
1203 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE AREA TODAY THEN TAPER OFF EARLY THIS
EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE
IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WYZ061-062-270000-
/O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0000Z/
SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAWLINS...HANNA...MEDICINE BOW
1203 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THEN TAPER OFF TOWARD
THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF
MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WYZ066-270215-
/O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
LARAMIE RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFORD...HORSE CREEK
1203 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE AREA TODAY THEN TAPER OFF THIS EVENING.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE
LARAMIE RANGE BY LATE THURSDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF
MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WYZ069-270215-
/O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEYENNE
1203 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS LARAMIE COUNTY INTO THIS
EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH
HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE
HALF MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WYZ067-270000-
/O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0000Z/
PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY
1203 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE
FOOTHILLS. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

NEZ020-054-055-WYZ070-270215-
/O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
BANNER-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-PINE BLUFFS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
PINE BLUFFS
1203 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN LOCATIONS NEAREST THE COLORADO STATE LINE. NORTHEAST
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KCYS 261925
WSWCYS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
125 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...STORM SYSTEM TO BRING MORE SNOW TO THE REGION...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN WYOMING INTO
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO BY TONIGHT. AS IT DOES...SNOW WILL CONTINUE
TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ALONG
WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS.


NEZ020-054-055-WYZ066-069-070-270300-
/O.UPG.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.BZ.W.0003.090326T1925Z-090327T0300Z/
BANNER-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-LARAMIE RANGE-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-
PINE BLUFFS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
BUFORD...HORSE CREEK...CHEYENNE...PINE BLUFFS
125 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING.
TOTAL SNOWFALL TOTALS OF AROUND 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH
HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN LOCATIONS NEAREST THE COLORADO STATE LINE.
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL
CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...PLEASE DIAL 5 1 1.

$$

WYZ063-270300-
/O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
SNOWY RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CENTENNIAL
125 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY...HEAVY AT TIMES.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
SIERRA MADRE AND SNOWY RANGES. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH
WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR A
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WYZ065-270300-
/O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
LARAMIE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LARAMIE
125 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE AREA TODAY THEN TAPER OFF EARLY THIS
EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE
IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WYZ061-062-270000-
/O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0000Z/
SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAWLINS...HANNA...MEDICINE BOW
125 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THEN TAPER OFF TOWARD
THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF
MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WYZ067-270000-
/O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0000Z/
PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY
125 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE
FOOTHILLS. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$
DAUGHERTY
000 
WWUS45 KCYS 262352
WSWCYS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
552 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009


WYZ061-062-270100-
/O.EXP.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0000Z/
SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAWLINS...HANNA...MEDICINE BOW
552 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CARBON
COUNTY THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. WINDS WILL ALSO
SUBSIDE...FURTHER LESSENING THE IMPACT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT.

$$

WYZ067-270100-
/O.EXP.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0000Z/
PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY
552 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF ACROSS PLATTE COUNTY THROUGH THE
REST OF THE EVENING. WINDS WILL ALSO SUBSIDE...FURTHER LESSENING
THE IMPACT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THEREFORE THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT.

$$

NEZ020-054-055-WYZ066-069-070-270300-
/O.CON.KCYS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
BANNER-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-LARAMIE RANGE-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-
PINE BLUFFS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
BUFORD...HORSE CREEK...CHEYENNE...PINE BLUFFS
552 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH
THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN LOCATIONS NEAREST THE COLORADO STATE LINE.
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATER THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL
CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...PLEASE DIAL 5 1 1.

$$

WYZ063-270300-
/O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
SNOWY RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CENTENNIAL
552 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 12 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE SIERRA MADRE AND SNOWY RANGES. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH
WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR A
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF LATER THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WYZ065-270300-
/O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
LARAMIE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LARAMIE
552 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE LARAMIE VALLEY THROUGH THIS
EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF
MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

HAHN
000 
WWUS45 KCYS 270139
WSWCYS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
739 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009


NEZ020-054-055-WYZ066-069-070-270245-
/O.CAN.KCYS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
BANNER-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-LARAMIE RANGE-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-
PINE BLUFFS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
BUFORD...HORSE CREEK...CHEYENNE...PINE BLUFFS
739 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR
THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. WINDS WILL ALSO SUBSIDE THROUGH
MIDNIGHT...WHICH WILL LESSEN THE IMPACT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. THEREFORE...THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

WYZ063-270245-
/O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
SNOWY RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CENTENNIAL
739 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE SIERRA MADRE AND SNOWY
MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. WINDS WILL ALSO
SUBSIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WHICH WILL LESSEN THE IMPACT OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

$$

WYZ065-270245-
/O.CAN.KCYS.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090327T0300Z/
LARAMIE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LARAMIE
739 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE LARAMIE VALLEY THROUGH THE
REST OF THE EVENING. WINDS WILL ALSO SUBSIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...
WHICH WILL LESSEN THE IMPACT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

HAHN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 25, 2:46 PM MDT, 5 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 2:46 PM MDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
246 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2009

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST WY TONIGHT IN
RESPONSE TO JET ENERGY DIGGING SOUTH SOUTHEAST DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF
A BROAD MIDCONTINENTAL TROUGH. THE CUTOFF LOW WILL DIG FURTHER OVER
THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THU. THE CUTOFF WILL THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST
OVER CENTRAL NM THU NIGHT...WELL SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA ALTHOUGH
BROAD TROFFINESS WILL STILL PREVAIL OVER THE FORECAST AREA. FLOW
ALOFT WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AND SOMEWHAT ANTICYCLONICALLY CURVED
FRI. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER CO TONIGHT AND WILL
CREATE COLD AIR ADVECTION OVER THE FORECAST AREA AS COLD AIR IS
PULLED SOUTHWARD OVER WY AND WESTERN NEB. UPSLOPE WINDS WILL COMBINE
WITH POSITIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION TO PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW ESPECIALLY
LATE TONIGHT. COLD AIR ADVECTION AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THU AS
COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE NOSES SOUTHWARD OVER NORTHERN WY.
MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS WILL BE MAXIMIZED OVER CO THUS THE BEST
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA. WITH RESPECTABLE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS PROGGED FROM THE MOUNTAINS
WESTWARD...AND WITH SOME BRISK WINDS...IT SEEMS PRUDENT TO RETAIN
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM THE MOUNTAINS WESTWARD EFFECTIVE
TONIGHT UNTIL MID AFTERNOON THU. THU WILL BE COLD WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES GENERALLY ONLY IN THE 20S IN LOWER ELEVATIONS. THE
AIRMASS WILL GRADUALLY DRY FROM THE NORTH THU NIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES OVER CENTRAL WY...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE
THU NIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. FRI WILL
BE DRY AND NOT AS COLD WITH WEAK SURFACE BASED LEESIDE TROUGHING.
TEMPS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL FRI.

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY APRIL 1ST...

SATURDAY...DRY AND SEASONABLE DAY WITH WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGING ALOFT
AND NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.

SUNDAY...RAIN AND SNOW CHANCES WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY AS THE
NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH ALOFT MOVES ACROSS WYOMING...INCLUDING THE
BAROCLINIC BAND AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT.

MONDAY...A RELATIVE DRYING TREND IS ON TAP AS NORTHWEST FLOW ONCE
AGAIN DEVELOPS...ALTHOUGH WILL MAINTAIN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN
AND SNOW SHOWERS NORTH OF A DOUGLAS TO SIDNEY LINE TO MESH WITH
GRIDDED FORECASTS FROM RAPID CITY AND NORTH PLATTE.

TUESDAY...GFS SHOWS ANOTHER PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE TROUGH AFFECTING
WYOMING WHILE THE ECMWF MAINTAINS NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. TEND TO PUT
MORE CREDENCE IN THE ECMWF SINCE GFS TENDS TO OVERAMPLIFY SHORTWAVE
TROUGHS. WILL MAINTAIN LOW CHANCE POPS NORTH OF A LARAMIE TO CHADRON
LINE.

WEDNESDAY...GFS SHOWS SHORTWAVE TROUGHING ALOFT ACROSS THE ROCKIES
WHILE ECMWF IS LESS AMPLIFIED. PREFER THE LESS AMPLIFIED ECMWF
SOLUTION SINCE IT TENDS TO OUTPERFORM THE GFS IN THE EXTENDED
PERIOD. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED OROGRAPHIC SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE
SNOWY RANGE AND LARAMIE RANGE LOOK POSSIBLE WITH MOIST FLOW ALOFT.

&&

.AVIATION...TONIGHT WILL HAVE A TREND TOWARDS MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AS
A SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE TERMINALS AND
CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES LOWER AS COVERAGE OF LIGHT SNOW INCREASES.

&&

.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM THURSDAY FOR
     WYZ061-WYZ062-WYZ063-WYZ064-WYZ065-WYZ066.
NE...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM/AVIATION...JR
LONG TERM...RUBIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 4:41 AM MDT, 16 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
441 AM MDT WED MAR 25 2009

NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059-060-067>070-261030-
SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-
CHEYENNE-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-
PINE BLUFFS-
441 AM MDT WED MAR 25 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE
WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE RAIN
WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION BY
SUNRISE THURSDAY WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH AND VISIBILITIES WILL
BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR TWO TONIGHT IN THE LIGHT SNOW. A FEW
WEAK THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND NEARBY AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING FROM
MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH BRISK
WINDS.  ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ON THURSDAY WILL BE BETWEEN 1 AND 3
INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...THE SOUTHEAST
WYOMING PLAINS AND AREAS NEAR THE LARAMIE RANGE. AN INCH OR
LESS OF NEW SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE OVER THE REST OF THE AREA.
NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 MPH...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND COLD WIND CHILL VALUES.

A CHANCE OF SNOW RETURNS TO THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

.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

WYZ061>066-261030-
SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-
LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-
441 AM MDT WED MAR 25 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE
THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW BECOMING WIDESPREAD TONIGHT.  NEW
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH THE LARGER AMOUNTS
OVER THE SNOWY RANGE. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE
OR LESS TONIGHT IN THE LIGHT SNOW AND ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS OVER AND WEST
OF THE LARAMIE RANGE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH BRISK WINDS.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ON THURSDAY WILL BE BETWEEN 3 AND 5
INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 MPH...CREATING AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND COLD WIND CHILL VALUES.

A CHANCE OF SNOW RETURNS TO THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE

WEILAND

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

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Mar 26, 1:25 PM MDTBlizzard WarningCYS6 hr

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Sources

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