Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 27, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Jun 10, 2012, 8:23 AM MDT for Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 reports 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
- Jun 10, 2012, 8:23 AM MDT (14:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 12:43 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:30 AM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 14 Wsw Cheyenne, WY | SUSTAINED WINDS OF 41-56 MILES AN HOUR GUSTING AS HIGH AS 66 MPH FROM 1315 TO 1430Z...15 MINUTE OBSERVATIONS...EMKAY SITE |
| Jun 10, 9:00 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 19 Se Laramie, WY | SUSTAINED 46 MPH...BUFORD SITE |
| Jun 10, 9:15 AM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 19 Se Laramie, WY | SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 43-53 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 69 MPH FROM 1315-1515Z...15 MINUTE OBSERVATIONS...BUFORD SITE |
| Jun 10, 9:15 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 19 Se Laramie, WY | SUSTAINED 53 MPH...BUFORD SITE |
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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 1952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
954 WWUS75 KCYS 101423 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 823 AM MDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AND COLD AIR IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE SUMMIT BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE TODAY. WYZ116-117-110000- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0027.120610T1423Z-120611T0000Z/ SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 823 AM MDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...LIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS.| 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. && $$ GRIFFITH
2 follow-up statements
828 WWUS75 KCYS 101436 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 836 AM MDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AND COLD AIR IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE SUMMIT BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE TODAY. WYZ116-117-110000- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120611T0000Z/ SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 836 AM MDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...LIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$
495 WWUS75 KCYS 101843 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1243 PM MDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... .NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WARNED AREA WILL CONTINUE TO GUST OVER 40 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON BUT HAVE DROPPED BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE CANCELLED. WYZ116-117-101945- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120611T0000Z/ SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 1243 PM MDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ GRIFFITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2:58 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | CYS | 19 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Wyoming, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012
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.