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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Cheyenne, WY

October 5, 20114 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Oct 5, 2011, 4:37 AM MDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 5, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2011, 4:37 AM MDT (10:37 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 5, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Oct 5, 2011, 9:50 PM MDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Morrill County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 225 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2011-10-05Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2011-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
4457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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.

350 
WWUS75 KCYS 051037
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
437 AM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...

.A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE
WESTERN UNITED STATES WILL PRODUCE A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT
THE SURFACE ACROSS THE ROCKIES. THIS WILL RESULT IN A STRENGTHENING
OF THE LOW LEVEL PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND
THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS IN
THE PANHANDLE WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND WILL GUST
35 TO 50 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A BRIEF LULL IN THE WIND SPEEDS
WILL OCCUR IN THE EARLY EVENING BUT WILL PICK UP AGAIN IN THE
NORTHERN PANHANDLE ALONG THE PINE RIDGE AND VICINITY THROUGH
MIDNIGHT.

NEZ021-055-051845-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0020.111005T1800Z-111006T0000Z/
MORRILL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...SIDNEY
437 AM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* TIMING...WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING
  AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST/WEST BOUND ROADWAYS LIKE
  INTERSTATE 80 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS. HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES WILL ESPECIALLY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE HIGHER WIND
  SPEEDS.

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.

&&

$$

NEZ002-003-051845-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0020.111005T1800Z-111006T0600Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE
437 AM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING
  AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. A BRIEF LULL IN THE
  WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR AT THIS TIME BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN AND
  REMAINING GUSTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST/WEST BOUND ROADWAYS LIKE
  INTERSTATE 80 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS. HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES WILL ESPECIALLY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE HIGHER WIND
  SPEEDS.  


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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
253 
WWUS75 KCYS 052054
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
253 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
THURSDAY...

.A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE
WESTERN UNITED STATES WILL PRODUCE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE
SURFACE JUST EAST OF THE ROCKIES. WITH A STRONG LOW LEVEL PRESSURE
GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA...SOUTH TO
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING WITH
GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH POSSIBLE.

NEZ021-055-061200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0021.111006T1500Z-111007T0200Z/
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111006T0000Z/
MORRILL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...SIDNEY
253 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

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

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. IN
ADDITION...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL THIS AFTERNOON WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
  EARLY EVENING HOURS. AFTER A BRIEF LULL...WINDS WILL INCREASE
  DURING THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 30 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST/WEST BOUND ROADWAYS LIKE 
  INTERSTATE 80 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS. HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ESPECIALLY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE 
  HIGHER WIND SPEEDS. 

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.

&&

$$

NEZ002-003-061200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0021.111006T1500Z-111007T0200Z/
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111006T0600Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE
253 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. IN
ADDITION...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS
  EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS WILL
  OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ONCE AGAIN
  BY NOON ON THURSDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 
  50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST/WEST BOUND ROADWAYS WILL
  EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL
  ESPECIALLY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE HIGHER WIND SPEEDS.

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.

&&

$$

NEZ019-020-054-095-096-061200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0021.111006T1500Z-111007T0200Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-KIMBALL-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
KIMBALL...HARRISON...AGATE
253 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A STRONG
  COLD FRONT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  AROUND 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER
  RIDGES.

* IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST/WEST BOUND ROADWAYS LIKE 
  INTERSTATE 80 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS. HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ESPECIALLY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE 
  HIGHER WIND SPEEDS. 

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.

&&

$$

TT
956 
WWUS75 KCYS 060036
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
636 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT OVER THE 
NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE ENTIRE PANHANDLE ON 
THURSDAY...

.AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT BASIN EARLY THIS EVENING
WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WYOMING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AN ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE PRESSURE OVER THE
AREA AND STRONG WINDS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE TO 
CREATE THE STRONG WINDS IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE EARLY TONIGHT AND
OVER THE ENTIRE PANHANDLE ON THURSDAY. 

NEZ002-003-060845-
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111006T0600Z/
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0021.111006T1500Z-111007T0200Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE
636 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT
THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. A
WIND ADVISORY ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT
THURSDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. IN
ADDITION...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT.

* TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
  A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS WILL OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT ARE
  EXPECTED TO INCREASE ONCE AGAIN BY MID MORNING THURSDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 
  50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST/WEST BOUND ROADWAYS WILL 
  EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL 
  ESPECIALLY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE HIGHER WIND SPEEDS. 

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.

&&

$$

NEZ019>021-054-055-095-096-060845-
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0021.111006T1500Z-111007T0200Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-NORTH SIOUX-
SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...HARRISON...AGATE
636 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT
THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A 
  STRONG COLD FRONT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 
  AROUND 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER 
  RIDGES. 

* IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST/WEST BOUND ROADWAYS LIKE 
  INTERSTATE 80 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS. HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ESPECIALLY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE 
  HIGHER WIND SPEEDS. 

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.

&&

$$
392 
WWUS75 KCYS 060350
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
950 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE PANHANDLE ON THURSDAY...
...WESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST
OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT... 

.AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT BASIN THIS EVENING WILL
MOVE INTO WESTERN WYOMING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AN ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AS WELL 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE PRESSURE OVER
THE AREA AND STRONG WINDS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE TO
CREATE THE STRONG WINDS IN THE PANHANDLE THURSDAY AND ALONG AND
WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY
NIGHT. 

NEZ002-003-061200-
/O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111006T0600Z/
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0021.111006T1500Z-111007T0200Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE
950 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT
THURSDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS FOR EARLY TONIGHT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EARLY TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE PANHANDLE FROM
  MID MORNING TO EARLY EVENING THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST/WEST BOUND ROADWAYS WILL 
  EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL 
  ESPECIALLY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE HIGHER WIND SPEEDS. 

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.

&&

$$

NEZ019>021-054-055-095-096-061200-
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0021.111006T1500Z-111007T0200Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-NORTH SIOUX-
SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...HARRISON...AGATE
950 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT
THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A STRONG
  COLD FRONT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
  THURSDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 
  AROUND 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER 
  RIDGES. 

* IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST/WEST BOUND ROADWAYS LIKE 
  INTERSTATE 80 WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS. HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ESPECIALLY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE 
  HIGHER WIND SPEEDS. 

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.

&&

$$

WYZ103>106-109-110-115>117-061200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.A.0023.111006T1900Z-111007T1200Z/
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-LARAMIE VALLEY-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...
RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...LARAMIE...
VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...
WHITAKER
950 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH 
  POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE
  RANGE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS.
  THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND
  RAWLINS AND INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN THE COLORADO STATE LINE AND
  WHEATLAND.  
 
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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 2:53 PM MDTWind AdvisoryCYSBanner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more29 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.