Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Watches in 2012
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Jan 13, 2012, 1:27 PM MST for 5 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 14, 2012, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2012, 1:27 PM MST (20:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2012, 8:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2012, 3:18 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Converse County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 2519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
660 WWUS75 KCYS 132027 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 127 PM MST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS WILL INTENSITY WELL IN ADVANCE OF A POTENT TROUGH DIVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL INCREASE. THE RESULT WILL BE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WYZ103>106-110-116-117-141100- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.A.0002.120114T1500Z-120115T1800Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX... ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 127 PM MST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG AND GUSTY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRAILERS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 OVER THE SUMMIT AND ARLINGTON...AND INTERSTATE 25 FROM CHUGWATER TO WHEATLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ JAMSKI
3 follow-up statements
986 WWUS75 KCYS 132040 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 140 PM MST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS WILL INTENSITY WELL IN ADVANCE OF A POTENT TROUGH DIVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL INCREASE. THE RESULT WILL BE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WYZ103>106-110-116-117-141100- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.A.0002.120114T1500Z-120115T1800Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX... ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 140 PM MST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG AND GUSTY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRAILERS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 OVER THE SUMMIT AND ARLINGTON...AND INTERSTATE 25 FROM CHUGWATER TO WHEATLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ JAMSKI
724 WWUS75 KCYS 140426 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 926 PM MST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL INTENSITY IN ADVANCE OF A POTENT TROUGH DIVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL INCREASE. THE RESULT WILL BE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS AND WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WYZ103-140530- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.A.0002.120114T1500Z-120115T1800Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- 926 PM MST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LESS THAN 75 MPH...ALTHOUGH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. $$ WYZ110-116-117-141630- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0002.120114T1500Z-120115T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0002.120114T0900Z-120116T0100Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...VEDAUWOO... BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 926 PM MST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG AND GUSTY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRAILERS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...BLOW OVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 OVER THE SUMMIT BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE...AND THROUGH THE ARLINGTON AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ104>106-141630- /O.EXT.KCYS.HW.A.0002.120114T2100Z-120116T0100Z/ FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX 926 PM MST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG AND GUSTY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRAILERS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. BLOW OVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 FROM CHUGWATER TO WHEATLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ LIEBL
695 WWUS75 KCYS 141018 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 318 AM MST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED IN WIND PRONE AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY... .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL STRENGTHEN IN ADVANCE OF A POTENT TROUGH DIVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL INCREASE. THE RESULT WILL BE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS PARTICULARLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. WYZ104>106-142300- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0002.120114T2100Z-120116T0100Z/ /O.EXB.KCYS.HW.W.0002.120115T0100Z-120116T0100Z/ FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX 318 AM MST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRAILERS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. BLOW OVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 FROM CHUGWATER TO WHEATLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ110-116-117-142300- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120116T0100Z/ 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 318 AM MST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL EASE SOMEWHAT TODAY BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH...MAINLY TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRAILERS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...BLOW OVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 OVER THE SUMMIT BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE...AND THROUGH THE ARLINGTON AREA. 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. && $$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.