Alert archive / Nebraska / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 37, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Apr 15, 2011, 2:52 AM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 12 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
- Apr 15, 2011, 2:52 AM MDT (08:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 2:24 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Cheyenne County, NE, Kimball County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
963 WWUS75 KCYS 150852 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 252 AM MDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .THE INTENSE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST THROUGH TODAY. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. NEZ054-055-160000- /O.UPG.KCYS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0037.110415T0852Z-110416T0000Z/ KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KIMBALL...SIDNEY 252 AM MDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE OF STRONG WINDS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS. THIS INCLUDES COMMERCIAL VEHICLES TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA STATE LINES TO THE EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY LINE... INCLUDING KIMBALL AND SIDNEY. 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. && $$ NEZ003-160000- /O.EXA.KCYS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ BOX BUTTE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALLIANCE 252 AM MDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS. THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NEZ019>021-096-160000- /O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG... BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...AGATE 252 AM MDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS. THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RUBIN
1 follow-up statement
367 WWUS75 KCYS 152024 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 224 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON... .THE INTENSE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST THROUGH TODAY. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. NEZ054-055-160000- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KCYS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KIMBALL...SIDNEY 224 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS. THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NEZ003-019>021-096-160000- /O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING... HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...AGATE 224 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS. THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RJM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:44 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff and 1 more | 20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.