Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Watches in 2011
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Jan 3, 2011, 12:36 PM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 5, 2011, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2011, 12:36 PM MST (19:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 5, 2011, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2011, 3:24 AM MST
- In force
- 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 19:33 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 12:00Z, 7.6 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
- 1382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
355 WWUS75 KCYS 031936 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1236 PM MST MON JAN 3 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING... .A COMBINATION OF A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AND A FAST MOVING CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. WYZ106-110-116-117-040345- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.A.0002.110105T1200Z-110106T0000Z/ 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 1236 PM MST MON JAN 3 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AND MAY CREATE SLICK AREAS ON ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ GRIFFITH
2 follow-up statements
120 WWUS75 KCYS 040258 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 758 PM MST MON JAN 3 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING... .A COMBINATION OF A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AND A FAST MOVING CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. WYZ106-110-116-117-041800- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.A.0002.110105T1200Z-110106T0000Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 758 PM MST MON JAN 3 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AND MAY CREATE SLICK AREAS ON ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
540 WWUS75 KCYS 041024 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 324 AM MST TUE JAN 4 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE OVER THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DURING THE SAME TIME...THERE WILL BE A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE PRESSURE ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THE RESULT WILL BE WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH IN SOME AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYZ106-110-116-117-042200- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0002.110105T1200Z-110106T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0002.110105T0400Z-110106T0000Z/ 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 324 AM MST TUE JAN 4 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AND MAY CREATE SLICK AREAS ON ROADWAYS. 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
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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.