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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2012, 8:59 PM MST for 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2012, 8:59 PM MST (03:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2012, 3:00 AM MST
- In force
- 6 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 03:58 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 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
- 4476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
100 WWUS75 KCYS 260359 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 859 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...STRONG WINDS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND INTO THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... .STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE CAUSED BY A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. WYZ101-104-105-109-260500- /O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120226T0400Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...MUDDY GAP... MEDICINE BOW...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA 859 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. $$ WYZ106-110-116-117-261600- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120226T1800Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 859 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR THESE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN THE ARLINGTON AREA AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 25 NEAR BORDEAUX THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH RECENT SNOWFALL NEAR ARLINGTON AND IN THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE IN AREAS... WITH SLICK ROADS DUE TO THE DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ NEZ003-019>021-054-055-261000- /O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0009.120226T0359Z-120226T1000Z/ BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING... HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY 859 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH OCCUR THIS EVENING. WINDS TO DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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. && $$ LIEBL
2 follow-up statements
332 WWUS75 KCYS 260538 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1038 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...STRONG WINDS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND INTO THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA... .STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE CAUSED BY A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION AND PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. NEZ020-021-054-055-261000- /O.UPG.KCYS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120226T1000Z/ /O.EXB.KCYS.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120226T1000Z/ BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD... KIMBALL...SIDNEY 1038 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS TO SLOWLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WITH OCCUR MUCH OF TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THERE IS THE RISK FOR BLOW OVER OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WYZ106-110-116-117-261745- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120226T1800Z/ 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 1038 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR THESE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN THE ARLINGTON AREA AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 25 NEAR BORDEAUX THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH RECENT SNOWFALL NEAR ARLINGTON AND IN THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE IN AREAS... WITH SLICK ROADS DUE TO THE DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ NEZ002-095-096-261000- /O.EXA.KCYS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120226T1000Z/ DAWES-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...HARRISON...AGATE 1038 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH OCCUR TOINGHT. WINDS TO DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NEZ003-019-261000- /O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120226T1000Z/ BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING 1038 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH OCCUR TONIGHT. WINDS TO DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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. && $$ LIEBL
694 WWUS75 KCYS 261028 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 328 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... .STRONG WEST OR NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE CAUSED BY A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE PRESSURE OVER THE AREA AND STRONG WINDS IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH OVER THE PANHANDLE. NEZ020-021-054-055-261815- /O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120226T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0010.120226T1028Z-120226T2000Z/ BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD... KIMBALL...SIDNEY 328 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THROUGH 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NEZ002-003-019-095-096-261815- /O.EXP.KCYS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120226T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0010.120226T1028Z-120226T2000Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISON...AGATE 328 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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. && $$ WYZ106-110-116-117-261800- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120226T1800Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 328 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE 11 AM THIS MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. THERE WILL BE A BLOW OVER RISK FOR THESE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN THE ARLINGTON AREA AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 25 NEAR BORDEAUX THROUGH LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH RECENT SNOWFALL NEAR ARLINGTON AND IN THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE IN AREAS... WITH SLICK ROADS DUE TO THE DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WEILAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 3:28 AM MST | Wind Advisory | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 13 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.