Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Watches in 2012
High Wind Watch 9, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Jan 26, 2012, 3:35 AM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 26, 2012, 3:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2012, 3:35 AM MST (10:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2012, 3:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2012, 9:37 AM MST
- In force
- 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 10:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 10.6 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
- 2677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
140 WWUS75 KCYS 261035 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 335 AM MST THU JAN 26 2012 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE LATE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT... .STRONG WINDS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE OVER WIND PRONE CORRIDORS OF SOUTHEST WYOMING BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AHEAD OF A PACIFIC SYSTEM WHICH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS IS POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. WIND SPEEDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH MAY OCCUR. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. WYZ106-110-116-117-262245- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.A.0009.120126T2200Z-120127T0700Z/ 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 335 AM MST THU JAN 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON... POTENTIALLY BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOW OVER OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE WATCH AREA. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 2 AND 9 AND MILEPOSTS 67 AND 72...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 265 AND 275. 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. && $$ LIEBL
1 follow-up statement
537 WWUS75 KCYS 261637 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 937 AM MST THU JAN 26 2012 ...BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT... .WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON OVER WIND PRONE CORRIDORS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD BECOME LOCALLY QUITE GUSTY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WIND SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH MAY OCCUR. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER IN THE EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. WYZ116-117-261745- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.A.0009.120126T2200Z-120127T0700Z/ SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 937 AM MST THU JAN 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BUT HIGH WINDS DO NOT APPEAR LIKELY AT THIS TIME. SOME GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE. $$ WYZ106-110-270400- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0009.120126T2200Z-120127T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0009.120126T2200Z-120127T0400Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 937 AM MST THU JAN 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST OR SOUTHWEST AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOW OVER OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE WARNED AREA. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 67 AND 72...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 265 AND 275. 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...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 3:35 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 24 hr |
| Jan 26, 9:37 AM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 11 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.