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High Wind Warning 33, NWS Cheyenne, WY

March 24, 2011Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Mar 24, 2011, 7:42 PM MDT for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It was in force for 8 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: Mar 24, 2011, 7:42 PM MDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired: Mar 25, 2011, 3:31 AM MDT
In force: 8 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 01:44 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

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 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.

692 
WWUS75 KCYS 250142
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
742 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2011

...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ARLINGTON AND ELK
MOUNTAIN AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

.STRONG WESTERLY WINDS BEHIND A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE ARLINGTON AND ELK MOUNTAIN AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE INCREASING
ONCE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY.  

WYZ106-116-117-250245-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.A.0016.110325T0300Z-110325T1800Z/
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...
PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER
742 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED...

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

WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY MORNING ALONG AND OVER THE LARAMIE RANGE WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 50 MPH. SINCE THE EXPECTED WIND SPEEDS WILL NOT REACH
HIGH WIND CRITERIA...THE HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  

$$

WYZ110-251100-
/O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0016.110325T0300Z-110325T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0033.110325T0142Z-110325T1800Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
742 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...THROUGH NOON FRIDAY.

* WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS 35 TO 45 SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE ARLINGTON AND ELK
  MOUNTAIN AREAS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80 SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE
  STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS. THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS.

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

1 follow-up statement

862 
WWUS75 KCYS 250931
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
331 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2011


WYZ110-251045-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110325T1800Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
331 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED WELL BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL HOURS. THE WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH HIGH
WIND CRITERIA FOR THE REST OF THIS MORNING...THEREFORE THE HIGH
WIND WARNING 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.