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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at May 27, 2012, 2:34 AM MDT for 8 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at May 27, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2012, 2:34 AM MDT (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 12:59 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 6327 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 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.
416 WWUS75 KCYS 270834 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 234 AM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH MID EVENING SUNDAY NIGHT... .BEHIND A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY TODAY AS A STORM SYSTEM STRENGTHENS OVER EASTERN MONTANA. WIND GUSTS WILL BE NEAR 60 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN THE WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING...BEFORE WINDS INCREASE AGAIN. WYZ101-104>107-109-110-115>117-272200- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120528T0300Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...MUDDY GAP... MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... GUERNSEY...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON... ELK MOUNTAIN...LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 234 AM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SUDDEN STRONG CROSS WINDS COULD CAUSE THESE VEHICLES TO LOSE CONTROL OR BLOW OVER. 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. && $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-272200- /O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0024.120527T1600Z-120528T0300Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE 234 AM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RUBIN
1 follow-up statement
260 WWUS75 KCYS 271859 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1259 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH 9 PM... .BEHIND A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...STRONG WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AS A STORM SYSTEM STRENGTHENS OVER EASTERN MONTANA. ADDITIONALLY...WINDS WILL BE STRONGER AROUND AFTERNOON SHOWERS. AS A RESULT...WIND GUSTS WILL APPROACH 60 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-272000- /O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120528T0300Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE 1259 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY ACROSS THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...WIND SPEEDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WYZ101-104>107-109-110-115>117-280300- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120528T0300Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...MUDDY GAP... MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... GUERNSEY...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON... ELK MOUNTAIN...LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 1259 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SUDDEN STRONG CROSS WINDS COULD CAUSE THESE VEHICLES TO LOSE CONTROL OR BLOW OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ HAHN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:44 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | CYS | 17 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.