Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 31, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Oct 22, 2012, 10:37 AM MDT for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Oct 22, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 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
- Oct 22, 2012, 10:37 AM MDT (16:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 22, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2012, 8:47 AM MDT
- In force
- 12 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 16:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 12:10 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 3 Nw Arlington, WY | REPORTED AT WYDOT STATION WY22 |
| Oct 23, 2:10 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 7 Ese Arlington, WY | REPORTED AT WYDOT STATION WY24 |
| Oct 23, 6:10 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 10 Ssw Hanna, WY | REPORTED AT WYDOT STATION WY16 |
| Oct 23, 6:45 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 7 Nw Elk Mountain, WY | REPORTED AT WYDOT STATION WY18 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 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
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
516 WWUS75 KCYS 221637 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1037 AM MDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY NEAR ARLINGTON AND BORDEAUX TONIGHT... .STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY OVER THE FAVORED WIND PRONE AREAS NEAR ARLINGTON AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY NEAR BORDEAUX LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT COMBINES WITH A PASSING AREA OF STRONG WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EASE TUESDAY MORNING. WYZ106-110-230445- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0023.121023T0300Z-121023T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0031.121023T0300Z-121023T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 1037 AM MDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN WHEATLAND AND CHUGWATER. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
586 WWUS75 KCYS 222000 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 200 PM MDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY NEAR BORDEAUX AND CARBON COUNTY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... .STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY OVER THE FAVORED WIND PRONE AREAS NEAR ARLINGTON AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY NEAR BORDEAUX BY MID EVENING TONIGHT AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT COMBINES WITH A PASSING AREA OF STRONG WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE. THESE VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY OCCUR AT RAWLINS AND SINCLAIR TOWARDS MORNING TUESDAY. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EASE BY NOON TUESDAY. WYZ104-105-109-231200- /O.EXA.KCYS.HW.W.0031.121023T0300Z-121023T1500Z/ FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA 200 PM MDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AFTER 5 AM TUESDAY...PERSISTING TO LATE MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN WHEATLAND AND CHUGWATER. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ106-110-231200- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0031.121023T0300Z-121023T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 200 PM MDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON TUESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON TUESDAY. * TIMING...9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN WHEATLAND AND CHUGWATER. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. 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. && $$
489 WWUS75 KCYS 230930 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 330 AM MDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THROUGH THE MORNING... .STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FAVORED WIND PRONE AREAS NEAR ARLINGTON AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY NEAR BORDEAUX THROUGH THE MORNING AS A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT EXISTS OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THE WINDSPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY MIDDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS...HOWEVER BREEZY-TO-WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WYZ104>106-109-110-231500- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-121023T1500Z/ FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX... RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 330 AM MDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN WHEATLAND AND CHUGWATER. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ FINCH
502 WWUS75 KCYS 231223 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 623 AM MDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH THE MORNING... .STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FAVORED WIND PRONE AREAS NEAR ARLINGTON AND BORDEAUX THROUGH THE MORNING AS A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT EXISTS OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THE WINDSPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY MIDDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS...HOWEVER BREEZY-TO-WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WYZ104-105-109-231330- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-121023T1500Z/ FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA 623 AM MDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WIND GUSTS HAVE GENERALLY REMAINED BELOW 40 MPH OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN CARBON COUNTY. IT IS NOW UNLIKELY THAT THESE AREAS WILL REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA. $$ WYZ106-110-231500- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-121023T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 623 AM MDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN WHEATLAND AND CHUGWATER. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ FINCH
435 WWUS75 KCYS 231447 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 847 AM MDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING CANCELLED... WYZ106-110-231600- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-121023T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 847 AM MDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS REMAIN LOW THIS MORNING AROUND BORDEAUX AND ARLINGTON. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF TIME FRAME WHERE WINDS WILL GUST TO 50 MPH AROUND THE 10 TO 11 AM TIME FRAME...BUT WARNING LEVEL WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THUS THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 3:24 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 7 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.