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High Wind Watch 30, NWS Cheyenne, WY

November 24, 20118 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Nov 24, 2011, 2:50 PM MST for 8 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Nov 26, 2011, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2011, 2:50 PM MST (21:50 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 26, 2011, 6:00 AM MST
Expired
Nov 25, 2011, 2:21 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-11-24Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-33 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.

397 
WWUS75 KCYS 242150
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
250 PM MST THU NOV 24 2011

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND 
WESTERN NEBRASKA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

.A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
TONIGHT. AS THIS HAPPENS...THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN AND WINDS AT ARLINGTON...BORDEAUX...VEDAUWOO
AND THE INTERSTATE 80 SUMMIT BETWEEN LARAMIE AND CHEYENNE WILL
INCREASE MARKEDLY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING. AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES FROM WEST TO EAST ON
FRIDAY...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST
WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY
AFTER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE AS A BORA HIGH WIND EVENT DEVELOPS.
THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE
DECREASING SOMEWHAT. 

ON SATURDAY...A PROLONGED HIGH WIND EVENT IS LOOKING INCREASINGLY
LIKELY FOR THE PANHANDLE OF WESTERN NEBRASKA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF
A SCOTTSBLUFF TO ALLIANCE LINE. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR
ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 ON SATURDAY.

WYZ106-110-116-117-251200-
/O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0029.111125T1600Z-111126T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0052.111125T1000Z-111126T0700Z/
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
250 PM MST THU NOV 24 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST
FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST
FRIDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...3 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST FRIDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH
  LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATES 80 NEAR
  ARLINGTON AND OVER THE SUMMIT BETWEEN LARAMIE AND CHEYENNE AS
  WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 25 NEAR BORDEAUX IN PLATTE COUNTY.

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.

&&

$$

WYZ104-105-107>109-115-118-119-251200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0052.111125T1600Z-111126T0400Z/
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN-EAST PLATTE COUNTY-
GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-LARAMIE VALLEY-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...GLENDO...
WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...RAWLINS...
SINCLAIR...HANNA...LARAMIE...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...
ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS
250 PM MST THU NOV 24 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...9 AM FRIDAY TO 9 PM FRIDAY.

* WINDS...WEST WIND 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH
  LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND
  INTERSTATE 25. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED
  ROADS WHERE STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL BUFFET YOUR VEHICLE...
  ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-251200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0024.111125T1900Z-111126T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.A.0030.111126T1300Z-111127T0300Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...
GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
HARRISON...AGATE
250 PM MST THU NOV 24 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MST FRIDAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MST FRIDAY. A
HIGH WIND WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. 

* TIMING...WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 PM MST FRIDAY.
  HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 8 PM SATURDAY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WIND 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ON
  FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  65 MPH ON SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST SOUTH OF A
  SCOTTSBLUFF TO ALLIANCE LINE...AND ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE
  80 FROM THE WYOMING STATE LINE TO EAST OF SIDNEY...INCLUDING
  KIMBALL AND SIDNEY.

* IMPACTS...ON FRIDAY...BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING ACROSS THE
  PANHANDLE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A SCOTTSBLUFF TO ALLIANCE LINE.
  ON SATURDAY...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH
  LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND
  OTHER ROADS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED
  ROADS WHERE STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL BUFFET YOUR VEHICLE...
  ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

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.

&&

$$

RUBIN
4 follow-up statements
310 
WWUS75 KCYS 250414
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
914 PM MST THU NOV 24 2011

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND
WESTERN NEBRASKA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

.A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACROSS THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ON FRIDAY. AS THIS
SYSTEM APPROACHES...THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BEGIN TO
STRENGTHEN AND WINDS WILL INCREASE MARKEDLY OVER FAVORED WINDY
LOCATIONS AND PASSES LATE TONIGHT. AS A COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS
THE AREA FRIDAY...STRONG WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS 
SOUTHEAST WYOMING...AND WESTERN NEBRASKA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA FRIDAY EVENING.

ON SATURDAY...A SECOND SURGE OF STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED OVER THE
PANHANDLE OF WESTERN NEBRASKA. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR
ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 ON SATURDAY.

WYZ106-110-116-117-251930-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0052.111125T1000Z-111126T0700Z/
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
914 PM MST THU NOV 24 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO
MIDNIGHT MST FRIDAY NIGHT...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO
MIDNIGHT MST FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...3 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST FRIDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH 
  LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATES 80 NEAR 
  ARLINGTON AND OVER THE SUMMIT BETWEEN LARAMIE AND CHEYENNE AS 
  WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 25 NEAR BORDEAUX IN PLATTE COUNTY. 

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.

&&

$$

WYZ104-105-107>109-115-118-119-251930-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0052.111125T1600Z-111126T0400Z/
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN-EAST PLATTE COUNTY-
GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-LARAMIE VALLEY-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...GLENDO...
WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...RAWLINS...
SINCLAIR...HANNA...LARAMIE...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...
ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS
914 PM MST THU NOV 24 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MST
FRIDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MST
FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...9 AM FRIDAY TO 9 PM FRIDAY.

* WINDS...WEST WIND 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH 
  LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND 
  INTERSTATE 25. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON NORTH TO SOUTH 
  ORIENTED ROADS WHERE STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL BUFFET YOUR 
  VEHICLE... ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-251930-
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0024.111125T1900Z-111126T0400Z/
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.A.0030.111126T1300Z-111127T0300Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...
GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
HARRISON...AGATE
914 PM MST THU NOV 24 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MST FRIDAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MST FRIDAY. A
HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. 

* TIMING...WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 PM MST FRIDAY. 
  HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 8 PM SATURDAY. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
  MPH ON FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 65 MPH ON SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH
  LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND
  OTHER ROADS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED
  ROADS WHERE STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL BUFFET YOUR VEHICLE...
  ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

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.

&&

$$
LIEBL
841 
WWUS75 KCYS 251100
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
400 AM MST FRI NOV 25 2011

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND
THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

.A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE STORM AND COLD FRONT WILL CREATE A LARGE DIFFERENCE
IN PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL AS STRONG
WINDS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. THE RESULT WILL BE STRONG SURFACE
WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT OVER
SOUTHEAST WYOMING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN MID MORNING SATURDAY.
OVER THE PANHANDLE...THE WINDS MAY ACTUALLY BE THE STRONGEST
ON SATURDAY. 

WYZ104-105-107>109-115-118-119-251900-
/O.EXT.KCYS.HW.W.0052.111125T1800Z-111126T0400Z/
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN-EAST PLATTE COUNTY-
GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-LARAMIE VALLEY-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...GLENDO...
WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...RAWLINS...
SINCLAIR...HANNA...LARAMIE...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...
ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS
400 AM MST FRI NOV 25 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING..11 AM TODAY TO 9 PM THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST WIND 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND INTERSTATE 25. BE
  ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WHERE
  STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL BUFFET YOUR VEHICLE.

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.

&&

$$

WYZ106-110-116-117-251900-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0052.000000T0000Z-111126T0700Z/
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
400 AM MST FRI NOV 25 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT
  OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATES 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND
  OVER THE SUMMIT BETWEEN LARAMIE AND CHEYENNE AS WELL AS ALONG
  INTERSTATE 25 NEAR BORDEAUX IN PLATTE COUNTY.

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.

&&

$$

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-251900-
/O.EXT.KCYS.WI.Y.0024.111125T1800Z-111126T1300Z/
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.A.0030.111126T1300Z-111127T0300Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...
GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
HARRISON...AGATE
400 AM MST FRI NOV 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM
MST SATURDAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* TIMING...WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM SATURDAY
  MORNING. HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 8 PM SATURDAY.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 
  MPH ON FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH
  LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND
  OTHER ROADS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED
  ROADS WHERE STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL BUFFET YOUR VEHICLE.

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.

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.

&&

$$

WEILAND
617 
WWUS75 KCYS 251825
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1125 AM MST FRI NOV 25 2011

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE
WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

.A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE STORM AND COLD FRONT WILL CREATE A LARGE DIFFERENCE
IN PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL AS STRONG
WINDS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. THE RESULT WILL BE STRONG SURFACE
WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT OVER
SOUTHEAST WYOMING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN MID MORNING SATURDAY.
OVER THE PANHANDLE...THE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE THE STRONGEST ON
SATURDAY.

WYZ106-110-116-117-260000-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0052.000000T0000Z-111126T0700Z/
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
1125 AM MST FRI NOV 25 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT 
  OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATES 80 NEAR ARLINGTON 
  AND OVER THE SUMMIT BETWEEN LARAMIE AND CHEYENNE AS WELL AS 
  ALONG INTERSTATE 25 NEAR BORDEAUX IN PLATTE COUNTY. 

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.

&&

$$

WYZ104-105-107>109-115-118-119-260000-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0052.000000T0000Z-111126T0400Z/
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN-EAST PLATTE COUNTY-
GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-LARAMIE VALLEY-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...GLENDO...
WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...RAWLINS...
SINCLAIR...HANNA...LARAMIE...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...
ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS
1125 AM MST FRI NOV 25 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST WIND 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT 
  OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND INTERSTATE 
  25. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS 
  WHERE STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL BUFFET YOUR VEHICLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-260000-
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-111126T1300Z/
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.A.0030.111126T1300Z-111127T0300Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...
GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
HARRISON...AGATE
1125 AM MST FRI NOV 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* TIMING...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY. HIGH WIND WATCH
  FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 8 PM SATURDAY.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
  THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY...THEN POSSIBLY INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH AFTER 6 AM SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH 
  LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND 
  OTHER ROADS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED 
  ROADS WHERE STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL BUFFET YOUR VEHICLE. 

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.

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.

&&

$$

RUBIN
210 
WWUS75 KCYS 252121
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
221 PM MST FRI NOV 25 2011

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE
WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

.A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS THIS EVENING. THE STORM AND
COLD FRONT WILL CREATE A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE AT THE
SURFACE ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS IN THE UPPER
ATMOSPHERE. THE RESULT WILL BE STRONG SURFACE WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST
WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING BEFORE
INCREASING AGAIN MID MORNING SATURDAY. OVER THE PANHANDLE...THE
WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST ON SATURDAY.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-261200-
/O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0030.111126T1300Z-111127T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0053.111126T1300Z-111127T0300Z/
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-111126T1300Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...
GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
HARRISON...AGATE
221 PM MST FRI NOV 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM MST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM MST SATURDAY. THE
HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY...THEN A HIGH WIND
  WARNING FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 8 PM SATURDAY.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
  THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY...THEN INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 65 MPH AFTER 6 AM SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH
  LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND
  OTHER ROADS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED
  ROADS WHERE STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL BUFFET YOUR VEHICLE.

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.

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.

&&

$$

WYZ106-110-116-117-260700-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0052.000000T0000Z-111126T0700Z/
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
221 PM MST FRI NOV 25 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT 
  OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATES 80 NEAR ARLINGTON 
  AND OVER THE SUMMIT BETWEEN LARAMIE AND CHEYENNE AS WELL AS 
  ALONG INTERSTATE 25 NEAR BORDEAUX IN PLATTE COUNTY. 

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.

&&

$$

WYZ104-105-107>109-115-118-119-260400-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0052.000000T0000Z-111126T0400Z/
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN-EAST PLATTE COUNTY-
GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-LARAMIE VALLEY-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...GLENDO...
WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...RAWLINS...
SINCLAIR...HANNA...LARAMIE...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...
ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS
221 PM MST FRI NOV 25 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST WIND 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT 
  OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND INTERSTATE 
  25. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS 
  WHERE STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL BUFFET YOUR VEHICLE. 

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.

&&

$$

RUBIN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Nov 24, 11:52 AM MST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 11:52 AM MST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1152 AM MST THU NOV 24 2011

.AVIATION...18Z TAF ISSUANCE...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. A COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION BY FRIDAY MORNING WHICH WILL
STRENGTHEN WINDS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THERE WILL LIKELY BE
GUSTS IN THE 35 TO 45 KNOT RANGE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING
TERMINALS BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1048 AM MST THU NOV 24 2011/

UPDATE...GRIDDED FORECASTS UPDATED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS EXPECT
NEARLY ALL RECORDING SITES TO HAVE NEAR RECORD OR RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES BASED ON TRENDS...ASSUMING THE HIGH CLOUD OPACITY...
OR THICKNESS...IS NOT TOO EXTENSIVE. DOWNSLOPE WARMING...KATABATIC
WARMING...WORKS WONDERS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 AROUND HERE WITH
DOWNSLOPE WESTERLY COMPONENT WINDS.  PLEASE SEE THE CLIMATE
SECTION BELOW FOR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY.

CLIMATE...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY INCLUDE 64 DEGREES
IN 1990 AT CHEYENNE...58 DEGREES IN 1990 AT LARAMIE...55 DEGREES
IN 1995 AT RAWLINS...71 DEGREES IN 1998 AND 1933 AT SCOTTSBLUFF...
69 DEGREES IN 1970 AT CHADRON...66 DEGREES IN 1995 AT ALLIANCE...
AND 68 DEGREES IN 1988 AT SIDNEY.  RUBIN

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 303 AM MST THU NOV 24 2011/

SHORT TERM...THANKSGIVING DAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE THE HIGH WINDS ON FRIDAY.

24/06Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED HIGH PRESSURE OVER WESTERN WYOMING
WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. UPPER AIR
ANALYSIS SHOWED STRONG HEIGHT FALLS ALONG THE WEST COAST
ASSOCIATED WITH AN AMPLIFIED TROUGH THAT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE
ROCKIES AND INTO THE HIGH PLAINS ON FRIDAY.

THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF
THE CWA. WENT AHEAD AND ADJUSTED THE BEGINNING AND END TIMES OF
THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED HIGH WIND WATCH BASED ON NEW DATA. APPEARS
THIS EVENT WILL BE MORE OF A BORA EVENT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS
AFTER FROPA ON FRIDAY. THUS NEW TIMES ARE FROM 9AM TO 11 PM ON FRIDAY.

AHEAD OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SYSTEM THE CWA WILL EXPERIENCE A VERY
MILD THANKSGIVING WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE UPPER 40S IN
THE WEST TO UPPER 60S IN THE EAST. NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL
BE OBSERVED AGAIN TODAY IN THE PANHANDLE. FRIDAY WILL BE COOLER
ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN CWA IN THE PANHANDLE WHERE IT WILL BE
LATER IN THE DAY BEFORE THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES SOME AREAS COULD
GET BACK INTO THE 60S ONCE AGAIN.

SHOULD SEE DRY CONDITIONS CWA WIDE TODAY BUT AS CLOUDS INCREASE ON
FRIDAY WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL START TO SEE THE POSSIBILITY OF
SOME SNOW MOVING INTO THE HIGH COUNTRY OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BY THE TIME ITS ALL OVER A COUPLE OF INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER TO THE EAST AND INTO THE PANHANDLE CAN'T
COMPLETELY RULE OUT SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES BUT SHOULD BE
NOTHING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT.

LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
GENERALLY DRY WITH AT OR JUST ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE
COMMON OVER THE CWA FOR THIS PART OF THE FORECAST.  WINDY PERIODS
CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED MAINLY IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE
RANGE.  A BROAD RIDGE ALOFT WILL BE OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE
NATION FOR MUCH OF THE TIME...WITH NORTHWEST WIND FLOW ALOFT OVER
THE ROCKIES.  TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND NICELY ON SUNDAY AS HEIGHTS
ALOFT AND 700 MB TEMPERATURES RISE.  THE WARMTH CONTINUES FOR MONDAY
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.  THAT FRONT WILL BE PUSHED SOUTH BY A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CANADIAN PROVINCES AND
INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.  THE FRONT AT THIS TIME SHOULD MOVE ACROSS
THE CWA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE GFS
INCREASES MOISTURE MORE THAN OTHER MODELS BEHIND THE FRONT AND EVEN
PAINTS AREAS OF QPF OVER THE CWA MONDAY NIGHT.  TEMPERATURES WILL
AGAIN COOL BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE CWA FOR TUESDAY BUT STILL STAY
AT OR ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH MID WEEK.  MODELS DIFFER SOME FOR THIS
FORECAST OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AND NEXT
THURSDAY.  THE PAST FEW GFS RUNS HAVE BEEN MORE CONSISTENT THAN THE
ECMWF AND WILL FOLLOW MORE CLOSELY.  THE 00Z ECMWF DIFFERS FROM ITS
12Z RUN IN THAT THE ENERGY BECOMES SPLIT OVER THE WESTERN U.S.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.  EVEN THE GEFS ENSEMBLE HAS QUITE A
BIT OF SPREAD FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.  THE 00Z ECMWF
SPREADS PF OVER THE CWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WHILE THE GFS
IS DRY.  FOR NOW WILL NOT MAKE CHANGES AND KEEP POPS LOW FOR MID
WEEK.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS TODAY. ON FRIDAY WINDS
WILL BE STRONG AND IN THE PANHANDLE THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY
OF FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLD CRITERIA BEING MET. NEED TO MONITOR THIS
CLOSELY.

&&

.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO 11 PM FRIDAY FOR WYZ106-
     WYZ110-WYZ116-WYZ117.
NE...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM/FIRE WEATHER...GRIFFITH
LONG TERM...WEILAND
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 24, 3:43 AM MST, 11 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
343 AM MST THU NOV 24 2011

WYZ101>119-251045-
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY-
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-
SIERRA MADRE RANGE-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE-
LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
343 AM MST THU NOV 24 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...
SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WESTERLY WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST
OF THE LARAMIE RANGE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING. IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE
LARAMIE RANGE...SOME GUSTS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 60 MPH DURING THAT
TIME. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOME AREAS ALONG AND
WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. THE WINDS
WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH LATER FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGE RANGES WILL RECEIVE AN INCH OR
TWO OF NEW SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-251045-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
343 AM MST THU NOV 24 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WESTERLY WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE

WEILAND

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 2:50 PM MSTWind AdvisoryCYSBanner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more39 hr

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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.