Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 15, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Feb 29, 2012, 1:04 PM MST for Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 29, 2012, 1:04 PM MST (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 3:11 PM MST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 1:30 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 14 Wsw Cheyenne, WY | THIS IS EMKAY UP 226. SUSTAINED WIND 48 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 2479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
688 WWUS75 KCYS 292004 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 104 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... .A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL MAINTAINS STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WYZ106-116-117-292300- /O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120229T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0015.120229T2004Z-120229T2300Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD... PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 104 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. THERE WILL BE A BLOW OVER RISK FOR THESE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 25 NEAR THE BORDEAUX EXIT. 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. && $$ WYZ110-118-292115- /O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120229T2000Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...CHEYENNE 104 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WHILE HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. $$ JAMSKI
1 follow-up statement
204 WWUS75 KCYS 292211 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 311 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... .WESTERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WYZ106-116-117-292315- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120229T2300Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD... PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 311 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WITH THE GRADUAL DECREASE OF THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT... WESTERLY WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA. THERE WILL STILL BE OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND...INCLUDING THE BORDEAUX EXIT. $$ JAMSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 2:14 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.