Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2010
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Apr 3, 2010, 12:00 AM MDT for 7 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 19 hr. 28 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
- Apr 3, 2010, 12:00 AM MDT (06:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2010, 7:21 PM MDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties 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), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 12:21 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | Arlington, WY | NUMEROUS WIND GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH BETWEEN 1126P AND 1236A. |
| Apr 3, 9:53 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 44 | Cheyenne, WY | |
| Apr 3, 10:00 AM MDT | TSTM WND GST 48 | 5 Ssw I-80 Exit 345, WY | |
| Apr 3, 10:16 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Deer Creek, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 40 MPH. |
| Apr 3, 10:20 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Whitaker, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 44 MPH. |
| Apr 3, 10:30 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 40 TO 48 MPH. |
| Apr 3, 10:37 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Esterbrook, WY | |
| Apr 3, 10:37 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS 40 TO 48 MPH |
| Apr 3, 10:37 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Wheatland, WY | POWER POLE SNAPPED OFF DUE TO STRONG WINDS |
| Apr 3, 10:43 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 74 | 19 Nne Baggs, WY | COW CREEK RAWS |
| Apr 3, 10:50 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 53 MPH. |
| Apr 3, 10:53 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Douglas, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 40 MPH. |
| Apr 3, 11:00 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Douglas, WY | |
| Apr 3, 12:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 Wsw Muddy Gap, WY | |
| Apr 3, 1:16 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | Arlington, WY | |
| Apr 3, 2:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Bordeaux, WY | |
| Apr 3, 3:11 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Torrington, WY | |
| Apr 3, 3:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Bordeaux, WY | |
| Apr 3, 3:56 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Arlington, WY | |
| Apr 3, 3:58 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Rawlins, WY | |
| Apr 3, 4:20 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | Torrington, WY | |
| Apr 3, 4:39 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | Douglas, WY | |
| Apr 3, 4:44 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | 28 Ene Rock River, WY | |
| Apr 3, 4:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | Bordeaux, WY | |
| Apr 3, 4:52 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 48 | 24 S Douglas, WY | |
| Apr 3, 4:55 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Torrington, WY | |
| Apr 3, 5:06 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Douglas, WY | |
| Apr 3, 5:53 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 49 | Bordeaux, WY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 1878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
456 WWUS75 KCYS 030600 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1200 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING STARTING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .A PACIFIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO WESTERN WYOMING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING ON SATURDAY. A COMBINATION OF AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA STARTING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THROUGH SATURDAY. WYZ111-113-030700- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.A.0002.100403T1200Z-100404T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAGGS...DIXON...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT... RIVERSIDE 1200 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. THE WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ WYZ110-031400- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0002.100403T1200Z-100404T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0003.100403T0600Z-100404T0000Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 1200 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE FORECAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80 ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 287 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ103>105-109-112-114>116-031400- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0002.100403T1200Z-100404T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0003.100403T1200Z-100404T0000Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE- SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING... LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 1200 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 3O TO 40 MPH BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE FORECAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80 ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 287 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ101-102-106>108-117>119-031400- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0003.100403T1500Z-100404T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KCYS.HW.A.0002.100404T0000Z-100404T0200Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS... CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 1200 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT SATURDAY EVENING. * TIMING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 3O TO 40 MPH BY NOON SATURDAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG INTERSTATE 25...PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80...AND HIGHWAYS 26 AND 85...WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS STARTING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$
5 follow-up statements
840 WWUS75 KCYS 030629 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1229 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING STARTING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .A PACIFIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO WESTERN WYOMING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING ON SATURDAY. A COMBINATION OF AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA STARTING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. WYZ101-102-106>108-117>119-031430- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.A.0002.100404T0000Z-100404T0200Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0003.100403T1500Z-100404T0000Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS... CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 1229 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 45 MPH EXPECTED BY NOON SATURDAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG INTERSTATE 25...PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80...AND HIGHWAYS 26 AND 85...WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS STARTING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS....PARTICULARLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ110-031430- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100404T0000Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 1229 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE FORECAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80 ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 287 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS THROUGH SATURDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ103>105-109-112-114>116-031430- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0003.100403T1200Z-100404T0000Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE- SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING... LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 1229 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 45 MPH BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE FORECAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80 ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 287 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$
360 WWUS75 KCYS 031149 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 549 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY... .A PACIFIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO WESTERN WYOMING THIS MORNING AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY THIS EVENING. A COMBINATION OF AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. WYZ110-040000- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100404T0000Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 549 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE FORECAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80 ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 287 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS TODAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ103>105-109-112-114>116-040000- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0003.100403T1200Z-100404T0000Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE- SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING... LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 549 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 45 MPH GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE FORECAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80 ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 287 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ101-102-106>108-117>119-040000- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0003.100403T1500Z-100404T0000Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS... CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 549 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 45 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG INTERSTATE 25...PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80...AND HIGHWAYS 26 AND 85...WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS STARTING EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS.... PARTICULARLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-040000- /O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0005.100403T1700Z-100404T0300Z/ 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 549 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING AND BECOME SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RJM
775 WWUS75 KCYS 031643 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1043 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY... .A PACIFIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO WESTERN WYOMING THIS MORNING AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY THIS EVENING. A COMBINATION OF AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. AS OF 10 AM THIS MORNING STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAD DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING WITH GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 60 MPH RANGE BEING COMMON. WYZ110-040000- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100404T0000Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 1043 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE FORECAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80 ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 287 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS TODAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ103>105-109-112-114>116-040000- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100404T0000Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE- SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING... LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 1043 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 45 MPH GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE FORECAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80 ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 287 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ101-102-106>108-117>119-040000- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100404T0000Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS... CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 1043 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 45 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG INTERSTATE 25...PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80...AND HIGHWAYS 26 AND 85...WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS STARTING EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS.... PARTICULARLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-040045- /O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0005.100403T1700Z-100404T0300Z/ 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 1043 AM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING AND BECOME SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
972 WWUS75 KCYS 032328 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 528 PM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY... .A PACIFIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO WESTERN WYOMING THIS MORNING AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY THIS EVENING. A COMBINATION OF AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. WYZ110-040200- /O.EXT.KCYS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100404T0200Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 528 PM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE FORECAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80 ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 287 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ103>105-109-112-114>116-040200- /O.EXT.KCYS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100404T0200Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE- SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING... LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 528 PM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 45 MPH GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE FORECAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80 ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 287 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ101-102-106>108-117>119-040200- /O.EXT.KCYS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100404T0200Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS... CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 528 PM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 45 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST EARLY THIS EVENING AND WEAKEN AFTER 8 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ALONG INTERSTATE 25...PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80...AND HIGHWAYS 26 AND 85...WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS STARTING EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS.... PARTICULARLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-040300- /O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100404T0300Z/ 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 528 PM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH THROUGH MID EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
895 WWUS75 KCYS 040121 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 721 PM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH MID EVENING... .WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA...PROMPTING THE CANCELLATION OF THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE AREA. WYZ101>110-112-114>119-040230- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100404T0200Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...MUDDY GAP... MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON... ELK MOUNTAIN...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 721 PM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA...PROMPTING THE CANCELLATION OF THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE AREA. $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-040300- /O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100404T0300Z/ 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 721 PM MDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH THROUGH MID EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Apr 2, 11:02 PM MDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 11:02 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1102 PM MDT FRI APR 2 2010
.UPDATE TO AVIATION...
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 311 PM MDT FRI APR 2 2010/
SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...CURRENT KCYS RADAR LOOP
THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS WIDELY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS MOST OF
SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND WRN NEBRASKA AS THE STORM SYSTEM THAT
BROUGHT SNOW...RAIN...AND SOME TSTORMS YESTERDAY CONTINUES TO MOVE
NORTHEAST AND WEAKEN OVER THE NRN PLAINS. SNOW SHOWERS HAVE
GRADUALLY DECREASED IN INTENSITY...BUT A FEW MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 1/2 MILE BRIEFLY.
OTHERWISE...EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS TO DISSIPATE TO FLURRIES THIS
EVENING. THERE IS SOME SLIGHT CONCERN FOR PATCHY FOG TONIGHT...BUT
WITH CLOUD COVER AND STRENGTHENING WINDS EXPECTED...DID NOT ADD TO
THE CURRENT FORECAST.
MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL FLOW BECOMING ZONAL
LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AS A STRONG 125KT JET PUSHES INTO THE
AREA. WITH A STRONG WEST TO EAST SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER
THE REGION OF NEARLY 14 MB FROM RAWLINS TO CHADRON...COMBINED WITH
700MB WINDS AROUND 55 TO 60 KTS AND GOOD LLVL MIXING...STRONG
DOWNSLOPE WINDS LOOK LIKELY ON SATURDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS
BETWEEN 30 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 65 MPH. ISSUED
A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR ALL OF WYOMING ZONES. CONVERSE AND NIOBRARA
COUNTIES MAY NOT REACH CRITERIA SINCE MODELS SHOW WIND HOLDING
AROUND 30 KTS...BUT ADDED THEM ANYWAY SINCE THEY SHOULD BE CLOSE.
WILL LIKELY NEED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY...BUT DO NOT EXPECT HIGH WIND CRITERIA AT
THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH THE HIGHER RIDGES MAY GET CLOSE TO 58 MPH
GUSTS. WILL LET THE NEXT SHIFT TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE WIND
POTENTIAL AND THE TIMING. LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY
AFTER THE PACIFIC FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY...WITH
TEMPS WARMING TO NEAR NORMAL. OTHERWISE...EXPECT ANY SNOW TO
REMAIN AROUND THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS WITH STRONG
UPSLOPE WEST FLOW EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN SIERRA
MADRE AND SNOWY RANGES WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...UNSETTLED WEATHER
DESCRIBES MOST OF THE LONG TERM.
MONDAY EVENING WILL START OUT WITH STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
AHEAD OF AN UPPER LOW IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. LOOKS LIKE SURFACE WINDS
WILL INCREASE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THERE WILL BE SHOWERS
DEVELOPING AS WELL.
BY TUESDAY THE UPPER LOW WILL HAVE MOVED INTO THE DAKOTAS AND DRAG
A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE CWA. TUESDAY LOOKS TO HAVE A GOOD CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION WITH RAIN AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND SNOW BEHIND.
A TRANSITORY RIDGE FOR THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY WITH NORTHWEST FLOW
DRYING OUT THE AREA.
THURSDAY ZONAL UPPER FLOW DEVELOPS WITH SOME MOUNTAIN SHOWERS. IN
ADDITION A DEEPENING TROUGH IS DEPICTED BY THE MODELS IN THE
WESTERN U.S. THIS TROUGH AS IT MOVES EAST TOWARD THE AREA ON
FRIDAY WILL KICK OFF MORE SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE COOL WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE 30S
IN THE WEST TO THE 50S IN THE PANHANDLE. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL
SEE A LITTLE WARMING.
AVIATION...FOR THE 06Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN WESTERLY WINDS THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. VERY
STRONG WINDS WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50KTS FOR OUR WYOMING
AIRPORTS WITH GUSTS TO 40KTS IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THESE
WINDS WILL CREATE VERY SERIOUS TURBULENCE ISSUES FOR LANDING AND
DEPARTING AIRCRAFT FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS
NOT EXPECTED TO DECREASE UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON.
FIRE WEATHER...NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AT THIS TIME WITH HIGH
FUEL MOISTURE AND LOW FIRE DANGER.
&&
.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM SATURDAY FOR WYZ103-
WYZ104-WYZ105-WYZ109-WYZ110-WYZ111-WYZ112-WYZ113-WYZ114-
WYZ115-WYZ116.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 8 PM SATURDAY FOR WYZ101-
WYZ102-WYZ106-WYZ107-WYZ108-WYZ117-WYZ118-WYZ119.
NE...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM/AVIATION...TT/CLAYCOMB
LONG TERM...GRIFFITHHazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 11:20 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1120 PM MDT FRI APR 2 2010 WYZ101>119-040530- CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- 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- 1120 PM MDT FRI APR 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING... SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY AROUND 65 MPH DURING THE DAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY RESULTING IN COLDER TEMPERATURES AND POSSIBLY MORE SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-040530- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- 1120 PM MDT FRI APR 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY ACROSS ALL WESTERN NEBRASKA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY AROUND 50 MPH DURING THE DAY. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND GREAT PLAINS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY RESULTING IN COLDER TEMPERATURES AND POSSIBLY MORE SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED 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.