Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 12, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Feb 3, 2011, 12:32 AM MST for Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 8 hr. 10 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
- Feb 3, 2011, 12:32 AM MST (07:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2011, 9:00 AM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 1:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 44 MPH. |
| Feb 3, 1:10 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 45 MPH. |
| Feb 3, 1:40 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 44 MPH. |
| Feb 3, 1:50 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 45 MPH. |
| Feb 3, 2:05 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 48 | Bordeaux, WY | |
| Feb 3, 3:20 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 44 MPH. |
| Feb 3, 3:56 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 47 MPH. |
| Feb 3, 4:55 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 42 MPH. |
| Feb 3, 7:30 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 45 MPH. |
| Feb 3, 7:50 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 40 TO 45 MPH FROM 730 AM TO 750 AM. |
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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 1959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
013 WWUS75 KCYS 030732 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1232 AM MST THU FEB 3 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR THE REST OF TONIGHT... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA WILL RESULT IN HIGH WINDS FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX BY MID MORNING THURSDAY AND WINDS WILL DECREASE AT THAT TIME. WYZ106-031545- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0012.110203T0732Z-110203T1600Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX 1232 AM MST THU FEB 3 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK. 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. && $$ DAUGHERTY
2 follow-up statements
365 WWUS75 KCYS 031132 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 432 AM MST THU FEB 3 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID MORNING... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA WILL RESULT IN HIGH WINDS THROUGH MID MORNING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX BY MID MORNING THURSDAY AND WINDS WILL DECREASE AT THAT TIME. WYZ106-031600- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110203T1600Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX 432 AM MST THU FEB 3 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$
636 WWUS75 KCYS 031600 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 900 AM MST THU FEB 3 2011 WYZ106-031700- /O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110203T1600Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX 900 AM MST THU FEB 3 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. SLIGHTLY LIGHTER SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. $$ CARPENTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 3:13 PM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie, Platte | 15 hr |
Nearby
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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.