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Wind Advisory 27, NWS Cheyenne, WY

October 3, 20128 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Oct 3, 2012, 2:49 AM MDT for 8 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 3, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 2012, 2:49 AM MDT (08:49 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 3, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Oct 3, 2012, 9:02 PM MDT
In force
9 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2012-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2012-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

095 
WWUS75 KCYS 030849
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
249 AM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND
WESTERN NEBRASKA TODAY RESULTING IN GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS. THE
COLDER AIR WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH MOST LOCATIONS
BELOW FREEZING AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 20S OVERNIGHT. 

NEZ019>021-054-055-032300-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0027.121003T1800Z-121004T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.FZ.A.0001.121004T0300Z-121004T1400Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY
249 AM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 DEGREES BY THURSDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO
  STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE COLD ENOUGH
  TO HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 


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.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NEZ002-003-095-096-032300-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0027.121003T1800Z-121004T0300Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...HARRISON...AGATE
249 AM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT INTO
  THE NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO
  STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$

WYZ104-109-111-113-032300-
/O.NEW.KCYS.FZ.A.0001.121004T0300Z-121004T1400Z/
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUDDY GAP...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...
HANNA...BAGGS...DIXON...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE
249 AM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 20 AND 25 DEGREES
  LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE COLD ENOUGH TO
  HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

WYZ101-102-106>108-117>119-032300-
/O.NEW.KCYS.FZ.A.0001.121004T0300Z-121004T1400Z/
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX...
GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...
HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...
CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS
249 AM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 22 AND 30 DEGREES
  LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE COLD ENOUGH TO
  HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

TT
2 follow-up statements
100 
WWUS75 KCYS 032020
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
220 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...WINDY AREAS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT BEHIND A STRONG
COLD FRONT. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AHEAD AND
BEHIND THIS FRONT. BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING MOST LOCATIONS WILL
SEE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING.

NEZ019>021-054-055-041200-
/O.UPG.KCYS.FZ.A.0001.121004T0300Z-121004T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.FZ.W.0001.121004T0500Z-121004T1500Z/
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121004T0300Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY
220 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT
THURSDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  45 MPH INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.

* TEMPERATURE...FALLING TO 25 TO 30 DEGREES BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO
  STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE COLD ENOUGH TO
  HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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.

&&

$$

WYZ101-102-104-106>109-111-113-117>119-041200-
/O.UPG.KCYS.FZ.A.0001.121004T0300Z-121004T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.FZ.W.0001.121004T0500Z-121004T1500Z/
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY-
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-
EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...MUDDY GAP...
BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...
TORRINGTON...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA...BAGGS...DIXON...
SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...
WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS
220 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT
THURSDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 20S LATE TONIGHT
  THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE COLD ENOUGH TO
  HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION. WATER IN EXPOSED PIPES MAY ALSO
  FREEZE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NEZ002-003-095-096-040300-
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121004T0300Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...HARRISON...AGATE
220 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE 
  TO STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$
701 
WWUS75 KCYS 040302
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
902 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...WINDY AREAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. MUCH
COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

.MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT BEHIND A
STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED SOUTH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND 
THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. BY EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING.

NEZ019>021-054-055-041200-
/O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121004T0300Z/
/O.CON.KCYS.FZ.W.0001.121004T0500Z-121004T1500Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY
902 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THURSDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT
THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  40 MPH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. 

* TEMPERATURE...FALLING TO 25 TO 30 DEGREES BEFORE SUNRISE
  THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES LATER TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING
  THURSDAY WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NEZ002-003-095-096-040415-
/O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121004T0300Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...HARRISON...AGATE
902 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
WIND GUSTS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 35 MPH UNTIL THAT TIME...WHICH IS
BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.  

$$

WYZ101-102-104-106>109-111-113-117>119-041200-
/O.CON.KCYS.FZ.W.0001.121004T0500Z-121004T1500Z/
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY-
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-
EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...MUDDY GAP...
BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...
TORRINGTON...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA...BAGGS...DIXON...
SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...
WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS
902 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THURSDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THURSDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 20S LATE TONIGHT 
  THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE COLD ENOUGH 
  TO HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION. WATER IN EXPOSED PIPES MAY ALSO 
  FREEZE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

WEILAND

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 2:49 AM MDTFreeze WatchCYSBanner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff12 hr
Oct 3, 10:45 AM MDTRed Flag WarningCYS5 hr
Oct 3, 2:20 PM MDTFreeze WarningCYSBanner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.