Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 47, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Nov 5, 2011, 2:06 AM MDT for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Nov 5, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 17 hr. 25 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
- Nov 5, 2011, 2:06 AM MDT (08:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2011, 3:36 AM MST
- In force
- 17 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 08:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2:00 PM MDT | SNOW 1 | Brooklyn Lake, WY | SWE 0.1. RATIO 10/1. ELEVATION 10240. |
| Nov 5, 2:00 PM MDT | SNOW 1.2 | North French Creek, WY | SWE 0.1. RATIO 12/1. ELEVATION 10130. |
| Nov 5, 2:00 PM MDT | SNOW 1.2 | N Sand Lake, WY | SWE 0.1. RATIO 12/1. ELEVATION 10050. |
| Nov 5, 2:00 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | South Brush Creek, WY | SWE 0.2. RATIO 10/1. ELEVATION 8440. |
| Nov 5, 2:00 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | Webber Springs, WY | SWE 0.2. RATION 10/1. ELEVATION 9250. |
| Nov 5, 2:00 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | N Sandstone Ranger Stat, WY | SWE 0.3. RATIO 10/1. ELEVATON 8150. |
| Nov 5, 2:00 PM MDT | SNOW 3.6 | Divide Peak, WY | SWE 0.3. RATIO 12/1. ELEVATION 8880. |
| Nov 5, 2:00 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | Old Battle, WY | SWE 0.4. RATIO 10/1. ELEVATION 10000. |
| Nov 5, 2:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | N Battle Mountain, WY | SWE 0.6. RATIO 10/1. ELEVATION 7440. |
| Nov 5, 4:56 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | Arlington, WY | MULTIPLE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 40 TO 43 MPH RECORDED BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM. |
| Nov 5, 6:00 PM MDT | SNOW 6 | 10 Wsw Encampment, WY | OLD BATTLE SNOTEL. ELEVATION 10000 FEET. SWE 0.4 INCHES FROM 0400 TO 1800. 15 TO 1 RATIO USED. |
| Nov 5, 6:00 PM MDT | SNOW 6 | 17 Sw Encampment, WY | SANDSTONE RANGER STATION SNOTEL. ELEVATION 8150 FEET. SWE 0.4 INCHES FROM 0400 TO 1800. 15 TO 1 RATIO USED. |
| Nov 5, 6:00 PM MDT | SNOW 6 | 28 E Savery, WY | WHISKEY PARK SNOTEL. ELEVATION 8950 FEET. SWE 0.4 INCHES FROM 0400 TO 1800. 15 TO 1 RATIO USED. |
| Nov 5, 6:00 PM MDT | SNOW 7.5 | 19 Wsw Encampment, WY | DIVIDE PEAK SNOTEL. ELEVATION 8880 FEET. SWE 0.5 INCHES FROM 0400 TO 1800. 15 TO 1 RATIO USED. |
| Nov 5, 6:00 PM MDT | SNOW 10.5 | 14 E Dixon, WY | BATTLE MOUNTAIN SNOTEL. ELEVATION 7440 FEET. SWE 0.7 INCHES FROM 0400 TO 1800. 15 TO 1 RATIO USED. |
| Nov 5, 8:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 9 Wnw Horse Creek, WY | THIS IS BUFORD AT UP203. SUSTAINED WIND 46 MPH. |
| Nov 5, 8:25 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Vedauwoo, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 42 MPH. |
| Nov 5, 8:25 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 S Crystal Lake Reserv, WY | THIS IS A WYDOT SITE AT REMOUNT BY CHEYENNE. SUSTAINED WIND AT 47 MPH. |
| Nov 5, 8:25 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 S Crystal Lake Reserv, WY | THIS IS A WYDOT SITE AT REMOUNT BY CHEYENNE.SUSTAINED WIND AT 47MPH. |
| Nov 5, 8:45 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 5 Ssw I-80 Exit 345, WY | GUST 63 MPH AT 815 AND 830 MDT. SUSTAINED WIND 44 MPH. SUSTAIND WIND 43 MPH AT 815 MDT AND 50 MPH AT 830M MDT. |
| Nov 5, 8:45 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 5 Ssw I-80 Exit 345, WY | THIS IS LYNCH AT UP204. GUST 63 MPH AT 815 AND 830 MDT. SUSTAINED WIND 44 MPH. SUSTAIND WIND 43 MPH AT 815 MDT AND 50 MPH AT 830 MDT. |
| Nov 5, 9:15 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 5 Ssw I-80 Exit 345, WY | GUST 67 MPH AT 855 PM MDT. |
| Nov 5, 9:17 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Vedauwoo, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 41 MPH. |
| Nov 5, 9:21 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 58 | 4 S Crystal Lake Reserv, WY | THIS IS WYDOT SITE AT REMOUNT BY CHEYENE. SUSTAINED WIND AT 43 MPH. |
| Nov 5, 9:21 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 4 S Crystal Lake Reserv, WY | THIS IS WYDOT SITE AT REMOUNT BY CHEYENNE. SUSTAINED WIND AT 43 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 00:00Z, 8.1 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
- 2672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
013 WWUS75 KCYS 050806 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 206 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING TODAY... .A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING TODAY...BRINGING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THE WIND AS WELL AND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. WINDS WILL SLOWLY EASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WYZ115-050915- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.A.0025.111105T1800Z-111106T0400Z/ LARAMIE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LARAMIE 206 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. ALTHOUGH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED IN THE LARAMIE VALLEY. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WYZ106-110-116-117-052100- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0025.111105T1800Z-111106T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0047.111105T1800Z-111106T1300Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 206 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER NOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE MAY BE AFFECTED BY STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS. THIS COULD ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND IN THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND FOOTHILLS...IN ADDITION TO INTERSTATE 25 NEAR BORDEAUX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ HAHN
3 follow-up statements
132 WWUS75 KCYS 051914 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 114 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A FAST MOVING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS TO THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WYZ106-110-116-117-061300- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0047.000000T0000Z-111106T1300Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 114 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND IN THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND FOOTHILLS...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 25 NEAR BORDEAUX. 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. && $$ JAMSKI
856 WWUS75 KCYS 060320 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 920 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING TONIGHT... .A FAST MOVING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING. BEHIND THE FRONT STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS EVENING. AS OF 9 PM THIS EVENING...WINDS OF 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WERE BEING OBSERVED ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR VEDAUWOO...REMOUNT AND NEAR BUFORD OVER THE INTERSTATE 80 SUMMIT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WYZ106-110-116-117-061200- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0047.000000T0000Z-111106T1300Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 920 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND IN THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND FOOTHILLS...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 25 NEAR BORDEAUX. ADDITIONALLY...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL DRIFT OVER ROADWAYS AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. AREA ROADS OVER THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS TO TRAVEL ON OVERNIGHT 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. && $$
002 WWUS75 KCYS 061036 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 336 AM MST SUN NOV 6 2011 WYZ106-110-116-117-061145- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0047.000000T0000Z-111106T1300Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 336 AM MST SUN NOV 6 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. ALTHOUGH WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...NO LONGER ANTICIPATE HIGH WIND CRITERIA TO BE REACHED. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ HAHN
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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.