Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Watches in 2011
High Wind Watch 33, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Dec 27, 2011, 2:29 PM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Dec 29, 2011, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2011, 2:29 PM MST (21:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2011, 6:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2011, 9:55 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 21:31 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, 9.5 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
- 2306 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
404 WWUS75 KCYS 272129 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 229 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS... .A STRONG JET STREAM AND A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF STRONG WESTERLY SURFACE WINDS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH AND WIND GUSTS CLIMBING ABOVE 60 MPH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THURSDAY AND INCREASE IN SPEED. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 70 TO 75 MPH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN FAVORED WIND CORRIDORS INCLUDING THE ARLINGTON AREA AND THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS. STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND RAWLINS...AND INTERSTATE 25 FROM CHEYENNE TO WHEATLAND. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT BUT MAY RETURN AGAIN BY SATURDAY. WYZ104>106-116-117-281300- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0032.111228T1600Z-111230T0400Z/ /O.EXB.KCYS.HW.W.0055.111228T1600Z-111230T0400Z/ FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 229 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA MAINLY AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL INTENSIFY EVEN FURTHER BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY EVENING... ALTHOUGH ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED SATURDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. BY SUNRISE ON THURSDAY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS REACHING AS HIGH AS 75 MPH IN FAVORED WIND CORRIDORS...SUCH AS NEAR THE BORDEAUX EXIT ON INTERSTATE 25. * IMPACTS...TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING LIGHT TRAILERS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THIS INCLUDES MUCH OF INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND RAWLINS... AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 25 IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BORDEAUX EXIT. 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. && $$ WYZ110-281300- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0055.000000T0000Z-111230T0400Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 229 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING...OTHER THAN A POSSIBLE BRIEF PERIOD OF DECREASED WIND SPEEDS THIS EVENING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL BEGIN FURTHER INTENSIFY AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY AND INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY EVENING...ALTHOUGH ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED SATURDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR. BY SUNRISE ON THURSDAY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS REACHING AS HIGH AS 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING LIGHT TRAILERS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. STRONG WINDS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKES 240 TO 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ107-109-115-118-281300- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.A.0033.111229T1300Z-111230T0400Z/ EAST PLATTE COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-LARAMIE VALLEY- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... GUERNSEY...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA...LARAMIE...CHEYENNE 229 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THAT AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING LIGHT TRAILERS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. STRONG WINDS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE WATCH AREA. THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80 AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 25 IN. 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. && $$ LIEBL
4 follow-up statements
049 WWUS75 KCYS 280414 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 914 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THE NEXT FEW DAYS... .A STRONG JET STREAM AND A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF STRONG WEST SURFACE WINDS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH AND WIND GUSTS CLIMBING ABOVE 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THURSDAY AND INCREASE IN SPEED. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 70 TO 75 MPH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN FAVORED WIND CORRIDORS INCLUDING THE ARLINGTON AREA AND THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS. STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND RAWLINS...AND INTERSTATE 25 FROM CHEYENNE TO WHEATLAND. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT BUT MAY RETURN AGAIN BY SATURDAY. WYZ110-281300- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0055.000000T0000Z-111230T0400Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 914 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL BEGIN FURTHER INTENSIFY AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY AND INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY EVENING... ALTHOUGH ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED SATURDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR. BY SUNRISE ON THURSDAY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS REACHING AS HIGH AS 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING LIGHT TRAILERS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. STRONG WINDS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 240 TO 285. 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>106-116-117-281300- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0055.111228T1600Z-111230T0400Z/ FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 914 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA MAINLY AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL INTENSIFY EVEN FURTHER BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY EVENING... ALTHOUGH ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED SATURDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. BY SUNRISE ON THURSDAY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS REACHING AS HIGH AS 75 MPH IN FAVORED WIND CORRIDORS...SUCH AS NEAR THE BORDEAUX EXIT ON INTERSTATE 25. * IMPACTS...TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING LIGHT TRAILERS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THIS INCLUDES MUCH OF INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND RAWLINS... AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 25 IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BORDEAUX EXIT. 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. && $$ WYZ107-109-115-118-281300- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.A.0033.111229T1300Z-111230T0400Z/ EAST PLATTE COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-LARAMIE VALLEY- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... GUERNSEY...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA...LARAMIE...CHEYENNE 914 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... WITH WINDS DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING LIGHT TRAILERS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. STRONG WINDS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE WATCH AREA. THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80 AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 25 IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ RUBIN
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
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 Dec 27, 10:37 AM MST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 10:37 AM MST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1037 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2011
.UPDATE...
ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE ARLINGTON AREA. MANY WYDOT AND
OTHER SENSORS INDICATING 40 TO 45 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS AND GUSTS TO
AROUND 60. WINDS MAY EASE UP FOR A TIME LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING...BUT IT IS LIKELY WIND WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN
OVER NIGHT. THEREFORE WARNING FOR THE ARLINGTON AREA GOES UNTIL 9
PM THURSDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...18Z TAFS...
VFR OVER ALL TERMINALS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SOME
MID/HIGH CLOUDS. GUSTY WINDS AROUND THE MTNS OF SE WYOMING.
-RE-
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 400 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2011/
SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... A VERY WINDY PERIOD
SHAPING UP ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST WYOMING PORTION OF THE
CWA...MAINLY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. MID/UPPER-LEVEL FLOW HAS
BECOME INCREASINGLY ZONAL OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE AS
THE EXIT REGION OF A JET NOSES INTO THE REGION. WINDS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN LOCALLY WINDY IN THE ARLINGTON EARLY THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS
OF 50 MPH OBSERVED. WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL SPLIT AROUND THE
CWA TODAY WITH ONE PUSHING ALONG THE CANADA/U.S. BORDER AND THE
OTHER MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN. SO ALTHOUGH CRAIG TO CASPER
GRADIENTS WILL BE HEIGHTENED IN THE 45 TO 50 METER RANGE...EXPECT
THE WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. ANOTHER DEVELOPING
LEE-SIDE PRESSURE TROUGH WILL TIGHTEN LLVL HEIGHT GRADIENT
WEDNESDAY MORNING...WHICH WILL PUSH THESE VALUES BACK ABOVE
WARNING THRESHOLDS. THESE LLVL HEIGHT GRADIENTS WILL PEAK AT
AROUND 75 METERS BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. THE GUST POTENTIAL IN WIND
PRONE AREAS MAY EXCEED 70 OR 75 MPH EARLY THURSDAY. THESE STRONG
WINDS WILL LIKELY SPILL OUT ONTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS AND VALLEYS
OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING ON THURSDAY AS WELL AS THE FAVORABLE RFQ OF
AN ANTICYCLONIC 145 KNOT JET STREAK MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. AS FOR
HIGHLIGHTS...WILL KEEP THE INHERITED HIGH WIND WATCH AS IS AS THE
TIMING AND COVERAGE STILL LOOK ON TRACK. WILL LIKELY NEED TO
EXPAND THE AREAL COVERAGE FOR THURSDAY...BUT STILL HAVE SOME TIME
BEFORE FALLING INTO THE WINDOW OF A WATCH. OROGRAPHIC ASCENT WILL
BE ENHANCED INTO THE WEST SLOPE OF THE MED BOWS AS FAST LLVL FLOW
WILL COMBINES WITH EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES. THIS WILL PRODUCE PERIODIC
LIGHT SNOW MAINLY IN THE SIERRA MADRES. MAY SEE UP TO A COUPLE OF
INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH THE ENTIRE SHORTWAVE. TEMPERATURES WILL
BENEFIT FROM THE STRONG WINDS AS ADIABATIC WARMING/DRYING ALONG
THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS WILL YIELD TEMPERATURES THAT WILL
CLIMB INTO THE 50S BY THURSDAY.
LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY NIGHT...THE MAIN FORECAST
CONCERN THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND WILL BE STRONG WINDS WITH MODELS
SHOWING LITTLE CHANGE IN THE CURRENT PATTERN ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES. ALL MODELS SHOW PROGRESSIVE WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WITH A STRONG 100+ KNOT JET OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST STRETCHING EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
INCLUDING WYOMING. MODELS INDICATE A PRETTY STRONG PACIFIC COLD
FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PUSHING EASTWARD INTO
WYOMING ON SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRIM ARLY BE A MAJOR WIND
PRODUCER ACROSS THE REGION WITH SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND A FEW SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS.
700MB WINDS BETWEEN 60 TO 70 KNOTS COMBINED WITH A STRONG LLVL
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS NEAR THE SURFACE WITH HIGH WIND HEADLINES LOOKING LIKELY
ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA.
BELIEVE THE WIND PRONE AREAS WILL SEE CONSTANT PERIODS OF GUSTS
OVER 60 MPH FRIDAY AND SUNDAY AS WELL. MODELS THEN DIVERGE LATE IN
THE WEEKEND WITH THE ECMWF SHOWING A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
REMAINING OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS WITH MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA AS 700MB
TEMPS REMAINING BELOW -15C. THE GFS AND GEM ARE MORE PROGRESSIVE
AND SHOW A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDING
EASTWARD INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH WARMING
TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS. ENSEMBLE SOLUTIONS AGREE WITH THE
GEM AND GFS...SO KEPT FORECAST DRY FOR NOW WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S
AND LOW 50S ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AND HIGHS IN THE 30S WEST OF
THE LARAMIE RANGE.
&&
FIRE WEATHER...NO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME. STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING
WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. WIND
GUSTS MAY APPROACH 60 OR 70 MPH ACROSS WIND PRONE AREAS OF
SOUTHEAST WYOMING ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. WINDS
WILL NOT BE A STRONG INTO THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA BUT GUSTS
THURSDAY COULD REACH 40 MPH BUT MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE
FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE 30 PERCENT. &&
&&
.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 9 PM THURSDAY FOR WYZ110.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 PM THURSDAY FOR WYZ104-
WYZ105-WYZ106-WYZ116-WYZ117.
NE...NONE.
&&
UPDATE...LIEBL
SHORT TERM/FIRE WEATHER...HAHN
LONG TERM...TJTHazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 10:26 AM MST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1026 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2011 WYZ101>119-281730- 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- 1026 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING... SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ARLINGTON AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. AFFECTED AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 WILL MAINLY BE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 250 AND 280. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CARBON COUNTY...THE ARLINGTON AND BORDEAUX AREAS...THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WIND CORRIDOR OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG WINDS COULD DEVELOP AS EARLY AS TUESDAY EVENING IN THE FAVORABLE WIND PRONE AREAS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD TO THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE LARAMIE RANGE AND ADJACENT EASTERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS LOOK TO BE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE. .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>021-054-055-095-096-281730- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- 1026 AM MST TUE DEC 27 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BEHIND A SURFACE COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. .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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 27, 8:58 AM MST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 858 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2011 WYZ110-271900- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 858 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE IN THE ARLINGTON AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ARLINGTON AREA THROUGH NOON TODAY. AFFECTED AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 WILL MAINLY BE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 250 AND 280. THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ADVISES NO LIGHT TRAILER TRAFFIC DUE TO WIND SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH. THESE WINDS MAY CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL OR A BLOW OVER TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING EMPTY OR WITH A LIGHT LOAD. DRIVERS OF SUCH VEHICLES ARE ADVISED TO DELAY TRAVEL. LIEBL
Local storm report, Dec 27, 9:55 AM MST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
955 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 7 NW ELK MOUNTAIN 41.75N 106.51W
12/27/2011 E60 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUSTAINED WINDS AT OR ABOVE 40 MPH.
PEAK GUST WAS 60 MPH AT 910 AM MST.
&&
HAMMERLocal storm report, Dec 27, 10:29 AM MST, 4 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1029 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0925 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 NW ARLINGTON 41.64N 106.28W
12/27/2011 M52.00 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
0941 AM NON-TSTM WND GST ARLINGTON 41.59N 106.21W
12/27/2011 M65.00 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SUSTAINED WINDS TO 47 MPH.
0941 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 NW ARLINGTON 41.62N 106.25W
12/27/2011 M61.00 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. PEAK GUST TO 61
MPH.
0955 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 E ARLINGTON 41.59N 106.17W
12/27/2011 M60.00 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
&&
HAMMERLocal storm report, Dec 27, 11:28 AM MST, 3 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1128 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1011 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 NW ARLINGTON 41.62N 106.25W
12/27/2011 M55.00 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SUSTAINED WINDS AT 42 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH AT 1011 AM
MST. SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 40 MPH FROM 916 UNTIL 1051 AM
MST.
1031 AM NON-TSTM WND GST ARLINGTON 41.59N 106.21W
12/27/2011 M63.00 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SUSTAINED WINDS AT 51 MPH WITH A PEAK GUST TO 63 MPH AT
1031 AM MST. SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 40 MPH FOR SEVERAL
HOURS.
1036 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 NW ELK MOUNTAIN 41.72N 106.45W
12/27/2011 M52.00 MPH CARBON WY AWOS
1040 AM HIGH SUST WINDS 7 NW ELK MOUNTAIN 41.76N 106.51W
12/27/2011 M45.00 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 40 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS STARTING
AT 840 AM MST. MOST RECENT PEAK GUST TO 55 MPH...45 MPH
SUSTAINED...AT 1040 AM MST.
1045 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 7 SE ARLINGTON 41.52N 106.11W
12/27/2011 M53.00 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
1055 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 ESE ARLINGTON 41.58N 106.17W
12/27/2011 M63.00 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
PEAK GUST TO 63 MPH AT 1055 AM MST. SUSTAINED AT 40 TO 45
MPH FROM 1025 AM UNTIL AT LEAST 1055 AM MST.
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HAMMERLocal storm report, Dec 27, 12:32 PM MST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1232 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 7 ESE ARLINGTON 41.55N 106.08W
12/27/2011 M53 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
1105 AM HIGH SUST WINDS 2 ESE ARLINGTON 41.58N 106.17W
12/27/2011 M45 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
WINDS SUSTAINED AT 40 TO 45 MPH SINCE 940 AM MST. MOST
RECENT PEAK GUST TO 58 MPH...SUSTAINED TO 45 MPH...AT
1105 AM MST.
1126 AM HIGH SUST WINDS ARLINGTON 41.59N 106.21W
12/27/2011 M48 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 40 MPH SINCE 926 AM MST. AT 1126 AM
MST...SUSTAINED WINDS AT 48 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
1141 AM HIGH SUST WINDS 3 NW ARLINGTON 41.62N 106.25W
12/27/2011 M45 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SUSTAINED WINDS AT 40 TO 45 MPH FROM 1121 AM UNTIL AT
LEAST 1141 AM MST. AT 1141 AM MST...SUSTAINED WINDS TO 45
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.
1141 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 NW ELK MOUNTAIN 41.72N 106.45W
12/27/2011 M50 MPH CARBON WY AWOS
1135 AM HIGH SUST WINDS 7 NW ELK MOUNTAIN 41.76N 106.51W
12/27/2011 M43 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 40 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS. AT 1135
AM MST...SUSTAINED WINDS TO 43 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 51 MPH.
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HAMMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 10:15 AM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Converse, Laramie, Platte | 4 days |
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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.