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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Jan 23, 2011, 8:08 AM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 13 hr. 15 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
- Jan 23, 2011, 8:08 AM MST (15:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2011, 8:55 PM MST
- In force
- 13 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 15:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 8:20 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 50 | 3 Nw Buford, WY | THIS IS BUFORD UP203. |
| Jan 23, 8:20 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 48 MPH. |
| Jan 23, 8:45 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 4 Ese I-80 Exit 345, WY | THIS IS EMKAY UP226. SUSTAINED WIND 44 MPH. |
| Jan 23, 8:45 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSAINED WIND 43 MPH. GUST 63 MPH FROM 830 AM TO 845 AM. |
| Jan 23, 9:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 4 W Arlington, WY | THIS IS FOOT CREEK WYDOT SITE AT MM269.5. |
| Jan 23, 11:30 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 47 MPH. |
| Jan 23, 2:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | Buford, WY | |
| Jan 23, 2:01 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | Arlington, WY | |
| Jan 23, 2:30 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | Bordeaux, WY | |
| Jan 23, 3:01 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Arlington, WY | |
| Jan 23, 3:06 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Bordeaux, WY | |
| Jan 23, 3:10 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Buford, WY | |
| Jan 23, 3:27 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | Vedauwoo, WY | |
| Jan 23, 4:20 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Arlington, WY | |
| Jan 23, 4:22 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Vedauwoo, WY |
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, 3.1 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
- 2019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
571 WWUS75 KCYS 231508 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 808 AM MST SUN JAN 23 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT COUPLED WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL CREATE A PERIOD OF HIGH WINDS ACROSS WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WYZ106-110-116-240300- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0008.110123T1508Z-110124T0400Z/ 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 808 AM MST SUN JAN 23 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS TRAVELLING ALONG INTERSTATE 25 IN SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY AND ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND OVER THE SUMMIT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THESE STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. 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. && $$ HAHN
1 follow-up statement
547 WWUS75 KCYS 240355 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 855 PM MST SUN JAN 23 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... WYZ106-110-116-240500- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110124T0400Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 855 PM MST SUN JAN 23 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WEST WINDS HAVE SLOWLY DIMINISHED BUT WILL REMAIN RATHER GUSTY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. $$ 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.