Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Jan 2, 2012, 2:08 PM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 3, 2012, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 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
- Jan 2, 2012, 2:08 PM MST (21:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2012, 12:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2012, 6:42 AM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- 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 21:11 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, 9.1 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
- 1572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
830 WWUS75 KCYS 022108 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 208 PM MST MON JAN 2 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS TO RETURN TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A STRENGTHENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT COMBINED WITH STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER PERIOD OF GUSTY WINDS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 60 MPH DURING THAT TIME. WYZ106-110-116-031200- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0001.120103T0700Z-120103T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0001.120103T0700Z-120103T2200Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 208 PM MST MON JAN 2 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MST TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 3 PM TUESDAY. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRAILERS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND ON THE SUMMIT BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 25 IN SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY. 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. && $$ TT
2 follow-up statements
093 WWUS75 KCYS 031002 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 302 AM MST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING TODAY... .STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 60 MPH DURING THIS TIME. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. WYZ106-110-116-032200- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T2200Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 302 AM MST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRAILERS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND ON THE SUMMIT BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 25 IN SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ LIEBL
412 WWUS75 KCYS 031342 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 642 AM MST TUE JAN 3 2012 .WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS MORNING...HOWEVER WIND STRENGTH WILL BE LESS THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. WYZ106-110-116-031445- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T2200Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 642 AM MST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS MORNING...HOWEVER WIND STRENGTH WILL BE LESS THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE ARE NOT EXPECTED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ LIEBL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 8:47 PM MST | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 17 hr |
Nearby
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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.