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Winter Storm Watch 12, NWS Cheyenne, WY

November 10, 2011Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm watch at Nov 10, 2011, 3:02 PM MST for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at Nov 12, 2011, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2011, 3:02 PM MST (22:02 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 12, 2011, 6:00 AM MST
Expired
Nov 11, 2011, 2:28 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Nov 10, 11:15 AM MST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 11:15 AM MST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 4:19 AM MST, 10 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
419 AM MST THU NOV 10 2011

WYZ101>119-111200-
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-
419 AM MST THU NOV 10 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

IT WILL BE WINDY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING...WITH WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE WIND PRONE LOCATIONS OF ARLINGTON
AND BORDEAUX.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 AND 25 WIND
CORRIDORS. THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR MEASURABLE SNOWFALL SATURDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE.

.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>021-054-055-095-096-111200-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
419 AM MST THU NOV 10 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

GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK. WINDS MAY GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AT TIMES SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER.

.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

JAMSKI

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 10, 10:33 AM MST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1033 AM MST THU NOV 10 2011

WYZ110-101900-
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
1033 AM MST THU NOV 10 2011

...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS THIS MORNING...

STRONG WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 55 MPH
WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
40 MPH GUSTS BY THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

TT
Local storm report, Nov 10, 12:05 PM MST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 10:40 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchCYSAlbany, Carbon, Converse, Laramie, Platte16 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Wyoming, 2011Every winter storm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.