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Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm warning at Oct 27, 2009, 5:19 AM MDT for 7 counties in Wyoming; 8 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 27, 2009, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 50 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2009, 5:19 AM MDT (11:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 27, 2009, 9:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2009, 11:04 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 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, Sioux County, NE, Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Converse County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 9:42 PM MDT | SNOW 1 | Lusk, WY | |
| Oct 28, 12:10 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Laramie, WY | |
| Oct 28, 12:10 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Pine Bluffs, WY | |
| Oct 28, 12:10 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | Cheyenne, WY | 2.6 INCHES AT WFO CYS |
| Oct 28, 5:00 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Fort Laramie, WY | |
| Oct 28, 5:45 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Scottsbluff, NE | RETIRED FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE |
| Oct 28, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | Medicine Bow, WY | |
| Oct 28, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 2 Ne Kimball, NE | |
| Oct 28, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 29 N Torrington, WY | |
| Oct 28, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4.8 | 2 Ene Cheyenne, WY | TOTAL PRECIPITATION 0.23 INCHES, NEW AND SNOW DEPTH 4.8 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 15 S Bushnell, NE | |
| Oct 28, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 6 | 17 Wnw Cheyenne, WY | NEW AND SNOW DEPTH IS 6.0 INCHES |
| Oct 28, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 6.4 | 4 Ese La Grange, WY | |
| Oct 28, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | 8 N Cheyenne, WY | TOTAL PRECIP 0.40 INCHES. NEW SNOW 4.0 INCHES. TOTAL SNOW 1.0 INCH. |
| Oct 28, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 1.3 | 1 Sw Glenrock, WY | TOTAL PRECIP 0.09 INCHES. NEW SNOW 1.3 INCHES. TOTAL SNOW 0.5 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | 6 Ene Glendo, WY | TOTAL PRECIP 0.23 INCHES. NEW AND TOTAL SNOW 2.0 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | Medicine Bow, WY | TOTAL PRECIP 0.12 INCHES. NEW AND TOTAL SNOW 2.5 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2.6 | 3 W Veteran, WY | TOTAL PRECIP 0.44 INCHES. NEW SNOW 0.26 INHCES. |
| Oct 28, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 13 Ssw Manville, WY | TOTAL PRECIP 0.10 INCHES. NEW SNOW AND TOTAL SNOW 3.0 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 1 Se Laramie, WY | TOTAL PRECIP 0.37 INCHES. NEW SNOW 3.2 INCHES. TOTAL SNOW 3.0 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 8 N Cheyenne, WY | TOTAL PRECIP 0.11 INCHES. NEW AND TOTAL SNOW 4.0 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | 2 E Cheyenne, WY | TOTAL PRECIP 0.16 INCHES, NEW SNOW 4.5 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Nnw Chugwater, WY | TOTAL 0.42 INCHES, NEW AND TOTAL SNOW 4.5 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | 9 Wsw Rock River, WY | TOTAL PRECIP 0.29 INCHES. NEW SNOW 0.43 INCHES. TOTAL SNOW 4.5 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 3 Sw Chadron, NE | |
| Oct 28, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 6 | 5 Ne Cheyenne, WY | TOTAL PRECIP 0.47, NEW SNOW 5.9 INCHES, SNOW DEPTH 6. INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 7.5 | 27 Wsw Laramie, WY | TOTAL PRECIP 0.33 INCHES, NEW SNOW 7.5 INCHES, TOTAL SNOW 9.5 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 7:15 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Rawlins, WY | |
| Oct 28, 7:15 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | Laramie, WY | ESTIMATES OF 3-5 INCHES |
| Oct 28, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 2 Ne Cheyenne, WY | HAM RADIO NETWORK |
| Oct 28, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 3 Wnw Cheyenne, WY | HAM RADIO NETWORK |
| Oct 28, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 1 Ssw Cheyenne, WY | HAM RADIO NETWORK |
| Oct 28, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 2 E Cheyenne, WY | HAM RADIO NETWORK |
| Oct 28, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 3 Ssw Cheyenne, WY | |
| Oct 28, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 6 | 11 Se Horse Creek, WY | HAM RADIO NETWORK |
| Oct 28, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 0.5 | Torrington, WY | TOTAL PRECIP 0.33 INCHES. NEW AND TOTAL SNOW 0.5 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | 26 Ne Cheyenne, WY | TOTAL PRECOP 0.50 INCHES. NEW AN TOTAL SNOW 2.5 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | 2 S Cheyenne, WY | TOTAL PRECIP 0.32 INCHES. NEW SNOW 2.3 INCHES. TOTAL SNOW 2.5 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 8:27 AM MDT | SNOW 6 | Hemingford, NE | 24 HOUR SNOW FALL AND DEPTH IS 6 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 8:51 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | Laprele Creek, WY | SNOTEL OBSERVATION |
| Oct 28, 8:51 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | Little Snake River, WY | SNOTEL OBSERVATION |
| Oct 28, 8:51 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | South Brush Creek, WY | SNOTEL OBSERVATION |
| Oct 28, 8:51 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Divide Peak, WY | SNOTEL OBSERVATION |
| Oct 28, 8:51 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 3 Sw Centennial, WY | SNOTEL OBSERVATION |
| Oct 28, 2:19 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Buford, WY | 12 INCHES AVERAGE DEPTH WITH DEEPER DRIFTS. |
| Oct 28, 2:22 PM MDT | SNOW 6 | Centennial, WY | |
| Oct 28, 2:27 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | 4 Se Laramie, WY | |
| Oct 28, 2:29 PM MDT | SNOW 5 | 7 S Laramie, WY | |
| Oct 28, 2:30 PM MDT | SNOW 10 | Elk Mountain, WY | |
| Oct 28, 2:32 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | Riverside, WY | TWO REPORTS FORM ENCAMPMENT PUT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Oct 28, 2:34 PM MDT | SNOW 0.5 | 4 N Saratoga, WY | |
| Oct 28, 2:40 PM MDT | SNOW 1 | Bill, WY | MAYBE A BIT MORE. |
| Oct 28, 2:41 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | Douglas, WY | 2 TO 3 INCHES AND SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Oct 28, 2:43 PM MDT | SNOW 1 | Glenrock, WY | |
| Oct 28, 2:47 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | Mule Creek Junction, WY | |
| Oct 28, 2:48 PM MDT | SNOW 7 | Chugwater, WY | |
| Oct 28, 2:49 PM MDT | SNOW 6 | Wheatland, WY | STRONG NORTH WINDS. |
| Oct 28, 2:53 PM MDT | SNOW 10 | 2 Sse Harrisburg, NE | AMOUNTS VARIED FROM 8 TO 10 INCHES. |
| Oct 28, 2:57 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | Alliance, NE | |
| Oct 28, 3:01 PM MDT | SNOW 8 | Chadron, NE | REPORT CAME FROM A SPOTTER DRIVING THROUGH CHADRON. ESTIMATED 6 TO 8 INCHES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 251 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS45 KCYS 271119 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 519 AM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...A MAJOR EARLY SEASON SNOW STORM SETTING UP FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STRONG UPPER AIR WEATHER SYSTEM WILL DIVE INTO UTAH LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY INTO A MAJOR STORM NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS COLORADO ON THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY CAUSING EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM WITH BIG IMPACTS ON COMMERCE AND TRAVEL ALMOST CERTAIN. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO MONITOR TELEVISION AND RADIO SOURCES FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AS WELL AS OUR WEATHER.GOV WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET. WYZ104-105-109>115-272100- /O.UPG.KCYS.WS.A.0011.091028T0000Z-091029T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WS.W.0009.091028T0300Z-091029T1800Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE- UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BAGGS...DIXON... SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY... WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE 519 AM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119-272100- /O.UPG.KCYS.WS.A.0011.091028T0000Z-091030T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WS.W.0009.091028T0300Z-091030T0000Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 519 AM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW OR RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 15 TO 25 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. DRIFTS WILL LIKELY REACH A FEW FEET IN DEPTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-272100- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.A.0011.091028T0600Z-091030T0000Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE 519 AM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW OR RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT. SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW ...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE WYOMING/NEBRASKA STATE LINE AND ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE PINE RIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ JLH
11 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KCYS 272053 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 253 PM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...A MAJOR EARLY SEASON SNOW STORM SETTING UP FOR TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO UTAH AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY INTO A MAJOR STORM NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WEDNESDAY BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS COLORADO EARLY ON THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY CAUSING EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM WITH BIG IMPACTS ON COMMERCE AND TRAVEL ALMOST CERTAIN. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO MONITOR TELEVISION AND RADIO SOURCES FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AS WELL AS OUR WEATHER.GOV WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET. NEZ002-003-019-020-054-095-096-281200- /O.UPG.KCYS.WS.A.0011.091028T0600Z-091030T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KCYS.WS.W.0009.091028T0600Z-091030T0000Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-KIMBALL-NORTH SIOUX- SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...KIMBALL...HARRISON...AGATE 253 PM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT RAIN WILL GRADUALLY MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW...AND WILL SPREAD OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT. SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE WYOMING/NEBRASKA STATE LINE AND ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE PINE RIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ104-105-109>115-281200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.091028T0300Z-091029T1800Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE- UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BAGGS...DIXON... SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY... WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE 253 PM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119-281200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.091028T0300Z-091030T0000Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 253 PM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. SNOW AND RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 15 TO 30 INCHES ACROSS THE LARAMIE RANGE. DRIFTS WILL LIKELY REACH A FEW FEET IN DEPTH. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ021-055-281200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.A.0011.091028T0600Z-091030T0000Z/ MORRILL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...SIDNEY 253 PM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH...AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW ...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WEST OF SIDNEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ TT
000 WWUS45 KCYS 280304 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 904 PM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...A MAJOR EARLY SEASON WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY FROM THE GREAT BASIN TO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND ONTO THE HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL BE OVER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4800 FEET TONIGHT AND OVER ALL OF THE REGION BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH LATER TONIGHT AND THROUGH THURSDAY AND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM WITH MAJOR IMPACTS ON COMMERCE AND TRAVEL OVER THE REGION. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO MONITOR TELEVISION AND RADIO SOURCES FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AS WELL AS WEATHER.GOV/CYS ON THE INTERNET. WYZ104-105-109>115-281200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091029T1800Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE- UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BAGGS...DIXON... SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY... WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE 904 PM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. AS OF 8 PM...AN INCH OF SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND IN LARAMIE. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119-281200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0000Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 904 PM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. AS OF 8 PM...2 INCHES OF SNOW WERE ON THE GROUND IN CHEYENNE. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 15 TO 30 INCHES ACROSS THE LARAMIE RANGE. DRIFTS WILL LIKELY REACH A FEW FEET IN DEPTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ002-003-019-020-054-095-096-281200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.091028T0600Z-091030T0000Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-KIMBALL-NORTH SIOUX- SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...KIMBALL...HARRISON...AGATE 904 PM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. LIGHT RAIN WILL GRADUALLY MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW...AND WILL SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE WYOMING/NEBRASKA STATE LINE AND ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE PINE RIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ021-055-281200- /O.EXT.KCYS.WS.A.0011.091028T1200Z-091030T0000Z/ MORRILL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...SIDNEY 904 PM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH...AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW ...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WEST OF SIDNEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WEILAND
000 WWUS45 KCYS 281027 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 427 AM MDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...A MAJOR EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY FROM THE GREAT BASIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ONTO THE HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION BY MIDDAY TODAY. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY AND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM WITH MAJOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL OVER THE REGION. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO MONITOR TELEVISION AND RADIO SOURCES FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AS WELL AS WEATHER.GOV/CYS ON THE INTERNET. NEZ021-055-290000- /O.UPG.KCYS.WS.A.0011.091028T1200Z-091030T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KCYS.WS.W.0009.091028T1800Z-091030T0000Z/ MORRILL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...SIDNEY 427 AM MDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING THEN CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW ...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WEST OF SIDNEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ002-003-019-020-054-095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119-290000- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0000Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-KIMBALL-NORTH SIOUX- SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...KIMBALL...HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS... GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS... CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 427 AM MDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WHICH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GENERALLY FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE WYOMING/NEBRASKA STATE LINE AND ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE PINE RIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ104-105-109>115-290000- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091029T1800Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE- UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BAGGS...DIXON... SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY... WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE 427 AM MDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT THURSDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA TODAY THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS45 KCYS 281932 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 132 PM MDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...A MAJOR EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY FROM THE GREAT BASIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION BY MIDDAY TODAY. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY AND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM WITH MAJOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL OVER THE REGION. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO MONITOR TELEVISION AND RADIO SOURCES FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AS WELL AS WEATHER.GOV/CYS ON THE INTERNET. WYZ113-291200- /O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091029T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WW.Y.0026.091028T1932Z-091029T1800Z/ UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE 132 PM MDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...MAINLY NORTH NEAR INTERSTATE 80. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. 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. && $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119- 291200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0000Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 132 PM MDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WHICH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GENERALLY FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE WYOMING/NEBRASKA STATE LINE AND ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE PINE RIDGE. EXPECT THE LOWEST AMOUNTS TO BE OVER CONVERSE AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ104-105-109>112-114-115-291200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091029T1800Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BAGGS...DIXON... CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE 132 PM MDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT THURSDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS45 KCYS 290213 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 813 PM MDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...A MAJOR EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND THEN OVER THE HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE DURING THAT TIME. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY AND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM AND WILL PRODUCE MAJOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL OVER THE REGION. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO MONITOR TELEVISION AND RADIO SOURCES FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AS WELL AS WEATHER.GOV/CYS ON THE INTERNET. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119- 291200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0000Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 813 PM MDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE WINDS AND SNOW WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS OF 5 PM...SNOW DEPTH RANGED FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE AREA...WITH AROUND 12 INCHES BETWEEN ALLIANCE AND CHADRON. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GENERALLY FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA STATE LINE AND ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE PINE RIDGE. EXPECT THE LOWEST AMOUNTS TO BE OVER CONVERSE AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ104-105-109>112-114-115-291200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091029T1800Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BAGGS...DIXON... CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE 813 PM MDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT THURSDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. AS OF 6 PM...SNOW DEPTHS RANGED FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE LARAMIE RANGE. MOST ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80...OVER THE LARAMIE RANGE WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE SNOW AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ113-291200- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-091029T1800Z/ UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE 813 PM MDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT THURSDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. AS OF 8 PM...SARATOGA HAD ONE INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WEILAND
000 WWUS45 KCYS 290838 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 238 AM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...A MAJOR EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE REGION... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND THE HIGH PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE DURING THAT TIME. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN TAPER OFF BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH THROUGH FRIDAY AND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM AND WILL PRODUCE MAJOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL OVER THE REGION. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO MONITOR TELEVISION AND RADIO SOURCES FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AS WELL AS WEATHER.GOV/CYS ON THE INTERNET. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119- 291830- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0000Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 238 AM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE WINDS AND SNOW WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS OF 2 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REPORTED SNOW DEPTH RANGING FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE AREA...WITH PROBABLY SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS OUT IN THE COUNTIES BY THURSDAY EVENING...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GENERALLY FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA STATE LINE AND ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE PINE RIDGE. EXPECT THE LOWEST AMOUNTS TO BE OVER CONVERSE AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ104-105-109>112-114-115-291800- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091029T1800Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BAGGS...DIXON... CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE 238 AM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. AS OF 2 AM...SNOW DEPTHS RANGED FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE LARAMIE RANGE WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. MOST ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80...OVER THE LARAMIE RANGE WERE CLOSED OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE SNOW AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. BY THURSDAY EVENING...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ113-291800- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-091029T1800Z/ UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE 238 AM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BY THURSDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. 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. && $$
000 WWUS45 KCYS 291759 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1159 AM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...A MAJOR EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE REGION... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND THE HIGH PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE DURING THAT TIME. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST 30 TO 40 MPH THROUGH FRIDAY AND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM AND WILL PRODUCE MAJOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL OVER THE REGION. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO MONITOR TELEVISION AND RADIO SOURCES FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AS WELL AS WEATHER.GOV/CYS ON THE INTERNET. WYZ104-105-109>112-114-115-291900- /O.EXP.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091029T1800Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BAGGS...DIXON... CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE 1159 AM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY. SNOWFALL HAS DIMINISHED THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS ALBANY COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING SO CAUTION IS STILL ADVISED FOR THOSE TRAVELING IN THIS REGION. $$ WYZ113-291900- /O.EXP.KCYS.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-091029T1800Z/ UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE 1159 AM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY. SNOWFALL HAS DIMINISHED THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON SO THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-300200- /O.EXT.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0300Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY 1159 AM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE WINDS AND SNOW WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS 11 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED SNOW DEPTHS RANGING FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE AREA...WITH SNOW CONTINUING TO FALL. BY THURSDAY EVENING...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GENERALLY FROM 8 TO 18 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DRIFTS OF 4 TO 5 FEET IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119-300000- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0000Z/ NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK... LUSK...BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY... TORRINGTON...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK... HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN... PINE BLUFFS 1159 AM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE WINDS AND SNOW WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS OF 11 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED SNOW DEPTHS RANGING FROM 8 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS RURAL LARAMIE COUNTY. BY THURSDAY EVENING...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GENERALLY FROM 10 TO 24 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS RURAL LARAMIE COUNTY NEAR THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA STATE LINE. EXPECT THE LOWEST AMOUNTS TO BE OVER CONVERSE COUNTY. WITH THE STRONG WINDS...EXPECT DRIFTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET IN SOME AREAS AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LARAMIE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS45 KCYS 292251 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 451 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...A MAJOR EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE REGION... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND THE HIGH PLAINS TONIGHT. THE MAIN UPPER LOW HAS SLOWED ITS PROGRESSION FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST SO WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT PERIOD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST 30 TO 40 MPH THROUGH FRIDAY AND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM AND WILL PRODUCE MAJOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL OVER THE REGION. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO MONITOR TELEVISION AND RADIO SOURCES FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AS WELL AS WEATHER.GOV/CYS ON THE INTERNET. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-WYZ118-119-300600- /O.EXT.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0600Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 451 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. THE WINDS AND SNOW WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FRESH SNOWFALL FROM THE STORM WILL CREATE DRIFTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET IN SOME AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116-117-300000- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0000Z/ NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK... LUSK...BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY... TORRINGTON...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK... HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 451 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE WINDS AND SNOW WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WITH THE STRONG WINDS...EXPECT DRIFTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET IN SOME AREAS AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS45 KCYS 300006 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 606 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...A MAJOR EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE REGION... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH EARLY TONIGHT OVER THE PANHANDLE AND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM AND WILL PRODUCE MAJOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL OVER THE REGION. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO MONITOR TELEVISION AND RADIO SOURCES FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AS WELL AS WEATHER.GOV/CYS ON THE INTERNET. NEZ095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-300115- /O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0000Z/ NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK... LUSK...BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY... TORRINGTON 606 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF AND ENDED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING SINCE THE LATE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED AS HAS THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING BEFORE INCREASING ONCE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. FOR THOSE REASONS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN CANCELED. ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK AND TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. IN GENERAL...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW OR MORE ARE CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND. $$ WYZ116-117-300300- /O.EXT.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0300Z/ SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 606 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND LARAMIE COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING AND WILL THEN TAPER OFF. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH THROUGH 9 PM. THE WINDS AND SNOW WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MANY ROADS OVER AND NEAR THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE WERE CLOSED AS OF 545 PM DUE TO THE POOR CONDITIONS. WITH THE STRONG WINDS...EXPECT DRIFTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET IN SOME AREAS AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-WYZ118-119-300600- /O.EXT.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0600Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 606 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND MUCH OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. THE WINDS AND SNOW WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITY. BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FRESH SNOWFALL FROM THE STORM WILL CREATE DRIFTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET IN SOME AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIELAND
000 WWUS45 KCYS 300410 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 930 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...A MAJOR EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM WILL CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH MIDNIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH EARLY TONIGHT OVER THE PANHANDLE AND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM AND WILL PRODUCE MAJOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL OVER THE REGION. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO MONITOR TELEVISION AND RADIO SOURCES FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AS WELL AS WEATHER.GOV/CYS ON THE INTERNET. WYZ118-119-301130- /O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WW.Y.0027.091030T1300Z-091031T0000Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN... PINE BLUFFS 930 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE JUST BEFORE SUNRISE FRIDAY OVER THE SOUTHEAST WYOMING PLAINS. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND. THE STRONG WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND THEN BE NOTICEABLY LIGHTER AFTER SUNSET FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ116-117-301130- /O.EXP.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WW.Y.0027.091030T0600Z-091031T0000Z/ SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 930 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND MIDNIGHT OVER THE LARAMIE RANGE. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND. THE STRONG WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND THEN BE NOTICEABLY LIGHTER AFTER SUNSET FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NEZ020-054-301130- /O.NEW.KCYS.WW.Y.0027.091030T1300Z-091031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0600Z/ BANNER-KIMBALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...KIMBALL 930 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. THE WINDS AND SNOW WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITY. BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FRESH SNOWFALL FROM THE STORM WILL CREATE DRIFTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET IN SOME AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN THE BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN AROUND SUNRISE OVER THE AREA. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE DAY FRIDAY AND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NEZ002-003-019-021-055-300600- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0600Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-MORRILL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...SIDNEY 930 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND MUCH OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. THE WINDS AND SNOW WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITY. BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FRESH SNOWFALL FROM THE STORM WILL CREATE DRIFTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET IN SOME AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ103>106-109-110-112-114-115-301130- /O.NEW.KCYS.WW.Y.0027.091030T0600Z-091031T0000Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX... RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE 930 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT FRIDAY. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND MIDNIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND. THE STRONG WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND THEN BE NOTICEABLY LIGHTER AFTER SUNSET FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ107-108-301130- /O.NEW.KCYS.WW.Y.0027.091030T1300Z-091031T0000Z/ EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON 930 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE JUST BEFORE SUNRISE FRIDAY OVER THE SOUTHEAST WYOMING PLAINS. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND. THE STRONG WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND THEN BE NOTICEABLY LIGHTER AFTER SUNSET FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WEILAND
000 WWUS45 KCYS 300504 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1104 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FOR FRIDAY... WESTERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FOR FRIDAY. WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NEZ020-054-301315- /O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0600Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0027.091030T1300Z-091031T0000Z/ BANNER-KIMBALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...KIMBALL 1104 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY. SNOW AND WINDS HAVE DECREASED OVER THE PANHANDLE SINCE 9 PM. FOR THAT REASON...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE CANCELED. TRAVEL WILL STILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW PACKED AND SLICK ROADS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OVER THIS AREA HAS BEEN FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN AROUND SUNRISE OVER THE AREA. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE DAY FRIDAY AND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NEZ002-003-019-021-055-300615- /O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091030T0600Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-MORRILL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...SIDNEY 1104 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW AND WINDS HAVE DECREASED OVER THE PANHANDLE SINCE 9 PM. FOR THAT REASON...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE CANCELED. TRAVEL WILL STILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOWPACKED AND SLICK ROADS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OVER THIS AREA HAS BEEN FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES. $$ WYZ103>106-109-110-112-114>117-301315- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0027.091030T0600Z-091031T0000Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX... RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO... BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 1104 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT FRIDAY. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND MIDNIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND. THE STRONG WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND THEN BE NOTICEABLY LIGHTER AFTER SUNSET FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WYZ107-108-118-119-301315- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0027.091030T1300Z-091031T0000Z/ EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN... PINE BLUFFS 1104 PM MDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE JUST BEFORE SUNRISE FRIDAY OVER THE SOUTHEAST WYOMING PLAINS. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND. THE STRONG WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND THEN BE NOTICEABLY LIGHTER AFTER SUNSET FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WEILAND
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 Oct 27, 4:39 AM MDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 4:39 AM MDT, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
439 AM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
BREEZY...MILD AND DRY CONDITIONS OVER CWA EARLY THIS MORNING IN
ADVANCE OF STRONG SYSTEM MOVING IN. CURRENT TEMPS IN PLACES ARE
CLOSE TO GUIDANCE MAX TEMPS TODAY. COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN WILL BE
UNFOLDING LATER TODAY AS STRONG UPPER TROUGH DIGS SSE OUT OF THE
PACIFIC NW. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH AN UPPER LOW FORMING
OVER WESTERN UTAH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS LOW DEEPENS AND
SHIFTS INTO NORTHERN AZ TONIGHT...THEN WRAPS UP INTO A MAJOR SYSTEM
NEAR 4 CORNERS AREA ON WED BEFORE SHIFTING INTO NW NM WED NIGHT.
WHILE COLD FRONT IS A LITTLE SLOW MOVING INTO WY NOW...IT WILL
PUSH FAIRLY QUICKLY ACROSS OUR CWA FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD OVER
ROUGHLY WESTERN HALF OF CWA THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SIGNIFICANT AND
LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT WILL BE SETTING UP FOR TONIGHT RIGHT ON
THROUGH THURSDAY. PER HPC...SNOW AMOUNTS COULD RANGE ANYWHERE FROM
8-16 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS.
INCREASING NNE SURFACE WINDS FOR WED AND WED NIGHT WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NO DOUBT NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND UPGRADED WATCHES IN WY PORTION OF
CWA TO WINTER STORM WARNINGS BUT DID DELAY BEGINNING A FEW HOURS
TO 03Z THIS EVENING RATHER THAN 00Z. SINCE THE WINTER STORM WATCH
FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE DOES NOT START UNTIL 06Z...LEFT
IT ALONE FOR NOW AS 09Z OR 12Z MAY BE A BETTER START TIME. AS THIS
GRIM SCENARIO UNFOLDS AND WINDS PICK UP IN DUE TIME...SOME AREAS
MAY BE BETTER SERVED BY BLIZZARD WARNINGS.
.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
UPPER LOW WILL BE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY WITH LIGHT SNOW GRADUALLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS
THE CWA. LATEST NAM STILL A BIT SLOWER THAN THE GFS IN PULLING THE
SYSTEM AWAY. SNOW FROM THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM SHOULD COME TO AN END
ACROSS THE CWA THURSDAY EVENING WITH JUST SOME RESIDUAL OROGRAPHIC
SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER THE HIGHER MTNS AS A SOMEWHAT MOIST WNW
FLOW SETS UP OVER THE REGION IN WAKE OF DEPARTING UPPER LOW. NO
SIGNIFICANT PATTERN CHANGE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK AS WNW UPPER FLOW WILL PERSIST PROVIDING A RATHER MILD BUT
BREEZY WEATHER REGIME TO THE CWA WITH PERIODIC WEAK RIPPLES IN THE
FLOW SETTING OFF A FEW MAINLY OROGRAPHIC RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SOME BUT WILL CONTINUE IDEA OF RETARDING THE
WARMUP INITIALLY AS DECENT SNOW COVER EXPECTED EARLY IN THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION...CURRENT VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON
BUT THEN LOWER INTO MVFR FROM THE NW. MVFR CEILINGS AND VSBYS IN
LIGHT RAIN DURING THIS EVENING WILL QUICKLY LOWER INTO IFR AND LIFR
CATEGORIES FROM THE NORTH AND WEST TUESDAY NIGHT IN SNOW OR RAIN
CHANGING TO SNOW. IFR AND LIFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL CONTINUE WED AND THU.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS EXCEPT EARLY THIS MORNING IT WILL BE
WINDY AND DRY WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN
THE 18-28 PERCENT RANGE. HOWEVER...THESE CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
BY MIDDAY AS THE BIG EARLY SEASON STORM APPROACHES. COLD AND SNOWY
PATTERN SETTING UP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY.
&&
.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM TUESDAY TO NOON THURSDAY FOR
WYZ104-WYZ105-WYZ109-WYZ110-WYZ111-WYZ112-WYZ113-WYZ114-
WYZ115.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY FOR
WYZ101-WYZ102-WYZ103-WYZ106-WYZ107-WYZ108-WYZ116-WYZ117-
WYZ118-WYZ119.
NE...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY FOR
NEZ002-NEZ003-NEZ019-NEZ020-NEZ021-NEZ054-NEZ055-NEZ095-
NEZ096.
&&
SHORT TERM/AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...JLH
LONG TERM...REHazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 4:58 AM MDT, 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 458 AM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 WYZ101>119-281130- CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY- SIERRA MADRE RANGE-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- 458 AM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING... SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING TONIGHT WITH INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE AS THE WINDS CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT BEGINNING AT 9 PM TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY. THIS ALONG WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-281130- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- 458 AM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR DROPS ACROSS THE AREA. AS A RESULT A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE WINTER STORM WATCH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PANHANDLE. THE SNOW ALONG WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS. .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
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.