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High Wind Warning 45, NWS Cheyenne, WY

October 13, 2011Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Oct 13, 2011, 5:31 AM MDT for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at Oct 13, 2011, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
Oct 13, 2011, 5:31 AM MDT (11:31 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 13, 2011, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 13, 2011, 9:13 AM MDT
In force
3 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 11:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Oct 13, 7:01 AM MDTHIGH SUST WINDS 42Arlington, WYSUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 38 MPH AND 42 MPH BETWEEN 650 AM AND 750 AM MDT.

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 00:00Z, 11.5 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-13Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 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.

012 
WWUS75 KCYS 131131
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
531 AM MDT THU OCT 13 2011

...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO AFFECT THE NORTH SNOWY RANGE
FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING...

.STRONG WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE
WITH A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE PRESSURE OVER THE REGION
THIS MORNING. THE RESULT WILL BE STRONG WINDS AT THE SURFACE IN
THE NORTHERN SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING.

WYZ110-131800-
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0045.111013T1200Z-111013T1800Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
531 AM MDT THU OCT 13 2011

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING AND
  THEN SLOWLY EASE BY THE NOON HOUR.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 30 TO 45 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILEPOSTS
  165 AND 175 BECAUSE OF STRONG WINDS. DRIVERS OF SUCH VEHICLES
  SHOULD NOT TRAVEL THIS STRETCH OF ROAD. THE STRONG WIND WILL
  CREATE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY
  HAZARDOUS.

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.

&&

$$

RJM
1 follow-up statement
788 
WWUS75 KCYS 131513
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
913 AM MDT THU OCT 13 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE NORTH SNOWY RANGE 
FOOTHILLS...

.WESTERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA AND WILL
MAINTAIN THIS TREND THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING HOURS.

WYZ110-131615-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-111013T1800Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
913 AM MDT THU OCT 13 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

WESTERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA THIS MORNING.
SOME GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN THE WIND PRONE
AREAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

JAMSKI

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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.