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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Cheyenne, WY

March 24, 2011Cheyenne County, Kimball County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2011, 1:01 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2011, 1:01 PM MDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2011, 5:35 PM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Cheyenne County, NE, Kimball County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2011-03-24Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 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.

068 
WWUS75 KCYS 241901
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
101 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

.WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS EVENING
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO WESTERN WYOMING. OUR WIND PRONE
AREAS OF ARLINGTON...BORDEAUX AND VEDAUWOO WILL BE THE MOST
LIKELY AREAS TO EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE FRIDAY MORNING...BUT
THEN INCREASE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WHEN ANOTHER HIGH
WIND EVENT IS POSSIBLE.

NEZ054-055-250000-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0010.110324T1901Z-110325T0000Z/
KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KIMBALL...SIDNEY
101 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...CURRENTLY THROUGH 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...
  INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80 SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR
  GUSTY WINDS. CROSSWINDS OCCURRING ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS
  WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT OR 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.

&&

$$

WYZ106-110-116-117-250300-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.A.0016.110325T0300Z-110325T1800Z/
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
101 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON FRIDAY.

* WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS 35 TO 45 SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH 
  POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY... 
  INCLUDING INTERSTATES 80 AND 25 SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE 
  POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND 
  ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT. 

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
876 
WWUS75 KCYS 242335
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
535 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...

.WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS EVENING
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO WESTERN WYOMING. OUR WIND PRONE
AREAS OF ARLINGTON...BORDEAUX AND VEDAUWOO WILL BE THE MOST
LIKELY AREAS TO EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE FRIDAY MORNING...BUT
THEN INCREASE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WHEN ANOTHER HIGH
WIND EVENT IS POSSIBLE.

NEZ054-055-250045-
/O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110325T0000Z/
KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KIMBALL...SIDNEY
535 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED SINCE 5 PM OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA AND SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THROUGH
SUNSET...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.  

$$

WYZ106-110-116-117-250600-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.A.0016.110325T0300Z-110325T1800Z/
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
535 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON FRIDAY.

* WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS 35 TO 45 SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH 
  POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY... 
  INCLUDING INTERSTATES 80 AND 25 SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE 
  POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND 
  ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT. 

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.

&&

$$

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.