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Wind Chill Warning 4, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind chill warning at Dec 31, 2010, 8:57 PM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming; 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2010, 8:57 PM MST (03:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2011, 10:23 AM MST
- In force
- 13 hr
- 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, Albany County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Niobrara County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 1232 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
070 WWUS45 KCYS 010357 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 857 PM MST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...STRONG WINTER STORM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA LEAVING BEHIND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION OVERNIGHT. THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WILL REMAIN IN THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE TO THE WEST OF THIS STORM OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL DISSIPATE...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS INTO SATURDAY MORNING. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ102-108-116-119-011200- /O.CAN.KCYS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110101T0700Z/ /O.EXA.KCYS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110101T1900Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-NIOBRARA COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...LUSK...TORRINGTON...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD... PUMPKIN VINE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 857 PM MST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SATURDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO...GRADUALLY IMPROVING SATURDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE OVERNIGHT...BUT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO RESTRICTED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS BELOW MINUS 30 DEGREES...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 5 TO 10 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREMETIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. ANY OUTDOOR EXCURSIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS WITHOUT PROPER ATTIRE. && $$ WYZ101-103>107-109>115-117-118-011200- /O.CON.KCYS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110101T1900Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY- SIERRA MADRE RANGE-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...MUDDY GAP... MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... GUERNSEY...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON... ELK MOUNTAIN...BAGGS...DIXON...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT... RIVERSIDE...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE 857 PM MST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SATURDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SATURDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO...GRADUALLY IMPROVING SATURDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO RESTRICTED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS BELOW MINUS 30 DEGREES...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 5 TO 10 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREMETIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. ANY OUTDOOR EXCURSIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS WITHOUT PROPER ATTIRE. && $$ LUNDQUIST/CARPENTER
2 follow-up statements
599 WWUS45 KCYS 011050 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 350 AM MST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH NOON... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY. THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH NOON. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101-102-107-108-118-119- 011900- /O.CAN.KCYS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110101T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WC.Y.0001.110101T1050Z-110101T1900Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...GLENDO... WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...CHEYENNE... BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 350 AM MST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH NOON TODAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO...GRADUALLY WARMING SATURDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN PLACES AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS BELOW MINUS 30 DEGREES...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 5 TO 10 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREME TIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. ANY OUTDOOR EXCURSIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS WITHOUT PROPER ATTIRE. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS 20 TO 29 DEGREE RANGE FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREMITIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. && $$ WYZ103-106-117-011900- /O.NEW.KCYS.WC.Y.0001.110101T1050Z-110101T1900Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110101T1900Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 350 AM MST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... THE WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. * TIMING...THROUGH NOON TODAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO...GRADUALLY WARMING THIS MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN PLACES AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS BELOW MINUS 30 DEGREES...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 5 TO 10 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREME TIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. ANY OUTDOOR EXCURSIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS WITHOUT PROPER ATTIRE. && $$ WYZ104-105-109>116-011900- /O.CON.KCYS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110101T1900Z/ FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BAGGS...DIXON... SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY... WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 350 AM MST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. * TIMING...THROUGH NOON TODAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO...GRADUALLY WARMING THIS MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN PLACES AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS BELOW MINUS 30 DEGREES...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 5 TO 10 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREME TIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. ANY OUTDOOR EXCURSIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS WITHOUT PROPER ATTIRE. && $$ WEILAND
188 WWUS45 KCYS 011723 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1023 AM MST SAT JAN 1 2011 WYZ103-106-117-011830- /O.CAN.KCYS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110101T1900Z/ /O.CAN.KCYS.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110101T1900Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 1023 AM MST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WIND CHILL WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS AND COLD TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY EASING ACROSS THE AREA...WIND CHILLS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED TO BE ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE TODAY. NEAR BORDEAUX ALONG INTERSTATE 25...WINDS WILL BE STRONGER AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL STILL BE 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO TODAY. $$ WYZ104-105-109>116-011830- /O.CAN.KCYS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110101T1900Z/ FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BAGGS...DIXON... SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY... WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 1023 AM MST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. THE WIND CHILL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS AND COLD TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY EASING ACROSS THE AREA...WIND CHILLS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED TO BE 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO TODAY...WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER VALUES EXPECTED ON EXPOSED AREAS OF THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101-102-107-108-118-119- 011830- /O.CAN.KCYS.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110101T1900Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...GLENDO... WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...CHEYENNE... BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 1023 AM MST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS AND COLD TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY EASING ACROSS THE AREA...WIND CHILLS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED TO BE ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE TODAY. $$ CARPENTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:50 AM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | CYS | Albany, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara, Platte | 7 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:59 AM MST | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 6 hr |
| Jan 1, 10:27 AM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 26 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Warnings in Nebraska, 2011Wind Chill Warnings in Wyoming, 2011Every wind chill warning in 2011
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.