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High Wind Warning 32, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Oct 28, 2012, 7:39 AM MDT for 4 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 10 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 28, 2012, 7:39 AM MDT (13:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2012, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 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 13:44 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 28, 8:25 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Arlington, WY | ARLINGTON WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED AT 44 MPH. |
| Oct 28, 8:36 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 15 Nne Centennial, WY | STROUSS HILL WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED AT 34 MPH. |
| Oct 28, 10:02 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 13 Se Laramie, WY | VEDAUWOO WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED AT 34 MPH. |
| Oct 28, 1:10 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 7 Ese Arlington, WY | REPORTED AT WYDOT STATION WY24 |
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, 1.7 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
- 1636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
671 WWUS75 KCYS 281339 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 739 AM MDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND ARLINGTON AREA TODAY... .VERY STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE OCCURRING AT ARLINGTON AND VEDAUWOO THIS MORNING. AT 7 AM...GUSTS TO 58 MPH WERE BEING REPORTED AT ARLINGTON AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH WERE BEING OBSERVED AT VEDAUWOO. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY VERY STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WYZ110-116-117-290000- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0032.121028T1339Z-121029T0000Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...VEDAUWOO... BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 739 AM MDT SUN OCT 28 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...WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 40 TO 45 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND VEDAUWOO. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
799 WWUS75 KCYS 281824 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1224 PM MDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE OVER THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. GUSTS TO 58 MPH HAVE OCCURRED AT ARLINGTON AND VEDAUWOO THIS MORNING AND WINDS HAVE BEEN INCREASING AT BORDEAUX OVER THE LAST HOUR. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS OVER THE AREA. WYZ106-290000- /O.EXA.KCYS.HW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-121029T0000Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX 1224 PM MDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 40 TO 45 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 25 NEAR BORDEAUX. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ110-116-117-290000- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-121029T0000Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...VEDAUWOO... BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 1224 PM MDT SUN OCT 28 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 EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 35 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND VEDAUWOO. 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. && $$ FINCH
400 WWUS75 KCYS 282338 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 538 PM MDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... .WESTERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING. WYZ106-110-116-117-290045- /O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-121029T0000Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 538 PM MDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. FOR THAT REASON THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTS IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS EVENING. $$ WEILAND
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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.