Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 43, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Dec 9, 2012, 3:10 PM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Dec 9, 2012, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 11 hr. 11 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
- Dec 9, 2012, 3:10 PM MST (22:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2012, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 9:52 AM MST
- In force
- 11 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 22:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 11:01 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 3 Nw Arlington, WY | FOOTE CREEK WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED AT 47 MPH. |
| Dec 10, 12:11 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 Ese Elk Mountain, WY | COUNTY ROAD 402 WYDOT SITE. PEAK GUST THUS FAR. |
| Dec 10, 12:21 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 11 Se Arlington, WY | STROUSS HILL WYDOT SITE. PEAK GUST THUS FAR. GUSTS HAVE BEEN ABOVE 58 MPH FROM 1121 PM AND 216 AM. |
| Dec 10, 1:06 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | 2 E Arlington, WY | ARLINGTON EAST WYDOT SITE. PEAK GUST THUS FAR. GUSTS HAVE BEEN ABOVE 58 MPH FROM 1031 PM THROUGH 206 AM. |
| Dec 10, 1:10 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 7 Ese Arlington, WY | COOPER COVER WYDOT SITE. PEAK GUST THUS FAR. GUSTS HAVE BEEN ABOVE 58 MPH FROM 1045 PM AND 210 AM. |
| Dec 10, 1:11 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Pumpkin Vine, WY | PUMPKIN VINE WYDOT SITE. PEAK GUST THUS FAR. |
| Dec 10, 1:20 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | 5 Wnw Arlington, WY | WAGONHOUND WYDOT SITE. PEAK GUST THUS FAR. GUSTS HAVE BEEN ABOVE 58 MPH FROM 1020 PM THROUGH 215 AM. |
| Dec 10, 1:40 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Bordeaux, WY | BORDEAUX WYDOT SITE. PEAK GUST WAS 60 MPH AT 145 AM. |
| Dec 10, 1:56 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 3 Nw Arlington, WY | FOOTE CREEK WYDOT SITE. PEAK GUST THUS FAR. GUSTS HAVE BEEN ABOVE 58 MPH FROM 1236 AM AND 206 AM. |
| Dec 10, 2:02 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Vedauwoo, WY | VEDAUWOO WYDOT SITE. PEAK GUST THUS FAR. |
| Dec 10, 3:35 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 18 Wnw Cheyenne, WY |
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, 10.2 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
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
264 WWUS75 KCYS 092210 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 310 PM MST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING LATE NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A WEAK STORM SYSTEM MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD OVER THE STATE. THIS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF ARLINGTON...THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND EASTERN FOOTHILLS...AND BORDEAUX FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEGINS TO RELAX BY MIDDAY MONDAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH. WYZ106-110-116-101015- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0032.121210T0600Z-121210T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0043.121210T0600Z-121210T1800Z/ 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 310 PM MST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...11 PM MST TONIGHT THROUGH 11 AM MST MONDAY. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. DRIVERS OF THESE VEHICLES SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TONIGHT ESPECIALLY THROUGH THESE WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND INTERSTATE 25. 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. && $$ WYZ117-101015- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0043.121210T0600Z-121210T1800Z/ SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 310 PM MST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. * TIMING...11 PM MST TONIGHT THROUGH 11 AM MST MONDAY. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. DRIVERS OF THESE VEHICLES SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TONIGHT ESPECIALLY THROUGH THIS WIND PRONE AREA ALONG INTERSTATE 80. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ RJM
2 follow-up statements
698 WWUS75 KCYS 100953 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 253 AM MST MON DEC 10 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH THE MORNING... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IS RESULTING IN STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. WIND GUSTS TO 65-70 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS IN THE ARLINGTON AREA WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND BORDEAUX AREAS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE MORNING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS. WYZ106-110-116-117-101800- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0043.000000T0000Z-121210T1800Z/ 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 253 AM MST MON DEC 10 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. DRIVERS OF THESE VEHICLES SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION ESPECIALLY THROUGH THESE WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND INTERSTATE 25. 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. && $$ FINCH
491 WWUS75 KCYS 101652 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 952 AM MST MON DEC 10 2012 WYZ106-110-116-117-101800- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0043.000000T0000Z-121210T1800Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 952 AM MST MON DEC 10 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE STEADILY DECREASED ACROSS THE WIND PRONE AREAS THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. WILL GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THE WARNING AS A RESULT. WEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THROUGH THE NOON HOUR...THEN WILL EASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. $$ RJM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 3:08 AM MST | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 12 hr |
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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.