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High Wind Warning 24, NWS Cheyenne, WY

March 2, 2011Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Mar 2, 2011, 3:38 PM MST for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It was in force for 11 hr. 4 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
Mar 2, 2011, 3:38 PM MST (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2011, 2:53 AM MST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 4:00 PM MSTHIGH SUST WINDS 505 Nw Arlington, WYSUSTAINED WINDS 45 TO 50 MPH FROM 300 PM TO 400 PM. PEAK WIND GUST 60 MPH AT 320 PM.
Mar 2, 6:01 PM MSTHIGH SUST WINDS 431 Nnw Arlington, WYWYDOT HIGHWAY SENSOR KARL MEASURED HIGH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 43 MPH FROM 1530 TO 1800 MST.
Mar 2, 6:15 PM MSTHIGH SUST WINDS 485 Nw Arlington, WYWYDOT SENSOR AT WAGONHOUND MEASURED HIGH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 48 MPH FROM 1600 TO 1815 MST.
Mar 2, 6:46 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 591 Nw Arlington, WYMEASURED AT WYDOT SENSOR KARL. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 47 MPH.

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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 230 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2011-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2011-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2209 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

443 
WWUS75 KCYS 022238
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
338 PM MST WED MAR 2 2011

...STRONG WEST WINDS OVERNIGHT...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND WINDS ALOFT SUGGESTS STRONG WINDS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS OVERNIGHT.

WYZ110-031200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0024.110302T2238Z-110303T1200Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
338 PM MST WED MAR 2 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 500 AM THURSDAY.

* WINDS...WEST AT 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR
  LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH SOUTHEAST
  WYOMING NEAR ARLINGTON. LIGHTWEIGHT TRUCKS AND TRAILERS CAN BE
  BLOWN OVER BY WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

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
1 follow-up statement
995 
WWUS75 KCYS 030953
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
253 AM MST THU MAR 3 2011

WYZ110-031100-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110303T1200Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
253 AM MST THU MAR 3 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WINDS HAVE REMAINED BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA FOR THE LAST COUPLE
OF HOURS...THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR
THE AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$
KMD

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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.