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High Wind Warning 14, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Feb 4, 2011, 8:43 PM MST for 4 counties in 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 4, 2011, 8:43 PM MST (03:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2011, 4:52 AM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 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 4, 9:40 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Arlington, WY | WINDS WERE SUSTAINED AT 41 MPH. |
| Feb 4, 9:40 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Bordeaux, WY | WINDS WERE SUSTAINED AT 35 MPH. |
| Feb 4, 10:55 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 4 Ese I-80 Exit 345, WY | EMKAY UP226. |
| Feb 4, 11:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 48 MPH. |
| Feb 4, 11:25 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Bordeaux, WY | FROM 1100 PM THROUGH 1125 PM. SUSTAINED WINDS 42 TO 49 MPH DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD. |
| Feb 4, 11:45 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 4 Ese I-80 Exit 345, WY | EMKAY UP226. |
| Feb 5, 12:30 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 50 | 4 Ese I-80 Exit 345, WY | EMKAY UP226. |
| Feb 5, 12:30 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 51 | 2 W Buford, WY | BUFORD UP203. |
| Feb 5, 1:45 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 50 | 2 W Buford, WY | BUFORD UP203. |
| Feb 5, 2:00 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 52 | 2 W Buford, WY | BUFORD UP203. |
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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 1793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
300 WWUS75 KCYS 050343 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 843 PM MST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY AND THE ARLINGTON AREAS THROUGH 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING... .A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS EVENING WILL PERSIST INTO MID MORNING SATURDAY. THAT WILL HELP TO CREATE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS THROUGH THAT TIME BETWEEN WHEATLAND AND CHUGWATER AND ARLINGTON. WYZ106-110-051500- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0014.110205T0343Z-110205T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 843 PM MST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...UNTIL 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WESTERLY SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE AREAS AFFECTED WILL BE INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN WHEATLAND AND CHUGWATER AND INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN ELK MOUNTAIN AND ARLINGTON. 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. && $$ WEILAND
2 follow-up statements
078 WWUS75 KCYS 050725 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1225 AM MST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING OVERNIGHT... .A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS EVENING WILL PERSIST INTO MID MORNING SATURDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. WYZ116-117-051500- /O.EXA.KCYS.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110205T1500Z/ SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 1225 AM MST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...UNTIL 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WESTERLY SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ106-110-051500- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110205T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 1225 AM MST SAT FEB 5 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...UNTIL 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WESTERLY SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WITH 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. && $$
584 WWUS75 KCYS 051152 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 452 AM MST SAT FEB 5 2011 WYZ106-110-116-117-051300- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110205T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 452 AM MST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA...THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 8:38 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Converse, Platte | 19 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:24 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 11 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.