Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Feb 3, 2011, 3:13 PM MST for Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It took effect at Feb 4, 2011, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2011, 3:13 PM MST (22:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2011, 12:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2011, 6:16 AM MST
- In force
- 6 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 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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
- 3262 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
965 WWUS75 KCYS 032213 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 313 PM MST THU FEB 3 2011 ...VERY STRONG WINDS AGAIN TONIGHT ACROSS PLATTE COUNTY... .A STRONG LOW LEVEL PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL AGAIN BE PRESENT ALONG WITH A VERY STABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE LARAMIE RANGE TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG WINDS BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND BORDEAUX ALONG INTERSTATE 25 OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WYZ106-040615- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0013.110204T0700Z-110204T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX 313 PM MST THU FEB 3 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT THROUGH 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS..THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ CARPENTER
3 follow-up statements
155 WWUS75 KCYS 040301 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 801 PM MST THU FEB 3 2011 ...VERY STRONG WINDS LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY... .A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL HELP TO PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OVER SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND. WYZ106-041500- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0013.110204T0700Z-110204T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX 801 PM MST THU FEB 3 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM MST FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT THROUGH 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. * LATEST OBSERVED WINDS...THE WINDS AT THE INTERSTATE 25 BORDEAUX EXIT BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND HAS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 34 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS OF 740 PM. THOSE WINDS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY INCREASING SINCE SUNSET. * IMPACTS..THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WEILAND
641 WWUS75 KCYS 041055 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 355 AM MST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...STRONG WINDS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY... .A DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL HELP TO PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OVER SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND. WYZ106-041500- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX 355 AM MST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 800 AM MST TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS..THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR BORDEAUX...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ RUBIN/JAMSKI
987 WWUS75 KCYS 041316 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 616 AM MST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...HIGH WIND THREAT HAS ENDED... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENTS HAVE RELAXED OVERNIGHT. WYZ106-041430- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX 616 AM MST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. $$ RUBIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 12:32 AM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie, Platte | 8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.