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High Wind Warning 24, NWS Cheyenne, WY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:00 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 50 | 5 Nw Arlington, WY | SUSTAINED WINDS 45 TO 50 MPH FROM 300 PM TO 400 PM. PEAK WIND GUST 60 MPH AT 320 PM. |
| Mar 2, 6:01 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 1 Nnw Arlington, WY | WYDOT HIGHWAY SENSOR KARL MEASURED HIGH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 43 MPH FROM 1530 TO 1800 MST. |
| Mar 2, 6:15 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 48 | 5 Nw Arlington, WY | WYDOT SENSOR AT WAGONHOUND MEASURED HIGH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 48 MPH FROM 1600 TO 1815 MST. |
| Mar 2, 6:46 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Nw Arlington, WY | MEASURED 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.
- 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
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.