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High Wind Warning 27, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Mar 16, 2011, 3:47 PM MDT for 4 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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 16, 2011, 3:47 PM MDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2011, 6:40 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 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 21:53 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 16, 3:51 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | 15 Nne Centennial, WY | SUSTAINED AT 49 MPH. GUSTS TO 61 MPH FROM 356 PM TO 411 PM. |
| Mar 16, 3:55 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 7 Ese Arlington, WY | SUSTAINED AT 48 MPH. GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT 405PM AND 410 PM AS WELL. |
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, 9.8 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
- 1920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 468 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
858 WWUS75 KCYS 162147 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 347 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY EVENING IN THE SUBIDENCE BEHIND A PASSING WEATHER DISTURBANCE AND WITH A STRONG SURFACE AND LOW LEVEL PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT. WYZ106-110-116-170300- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0027.110316T2147Z-110317T0300Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 347 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 900 PM MDT. * WINDS...FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY WANT TO POSTPONE TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATES 25 AND 80 IN THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 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. && $$ RUBIN
1 follow-up statement
328 WWUS75 KCYS 170040 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 640 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING CANCELLED... WYZ106-110-116-170145- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110317T0300Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 640 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS AT BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON AND VEDAUWOO HAVE ALL SHOWED SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN WIND SPEEDS THE PAST COUPLE HOURS AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE STRONG OVERNIGHT. THUS...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 4:30 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 10 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:15 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 36 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.