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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 9, 2012, 5:20 PM MST for 5 counties in Wyoming; 8 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 9, 2012, 8:00 PM MST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2012, 5:20 PM MST (00:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2012, 8:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 5:13 AM MST
- 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, Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Converse County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Niobrara County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 1634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
997 WWUS45 KCYS 100020 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 520 PM MST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS TO CREATE VERY LOW WIND CHILLS TONIGHT... .OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOW SINGLE DIGITS TO A FEW DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. WITH GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 20 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER AT MANY LOCATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WYZ105-110-113>118-101230- /O.NEW.KCYS.WC.Y.0002.121210T0600Z-121210T1500Z/ SHIRLEY BASIN-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDICINE BOW...ARLINGTON... ELK MOUNTAIN...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE...CENTENNIAL... ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD... PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE 520 PM MST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM MST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...18 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE WITHIN MINUTES IN THESE COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. PETS AND EXPOSED LIVESTOCK COULD BE INJURED OR PERISH FROM EXPOSURE IF NOT GIVEN APPROPRIATE SHELTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS 20 TO 29 DEGREE RANGE FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREMITIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. && $$
4 follow-up statements
888 WWUS45 KCYS 100134 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 634 PM MST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS TO CREATE VERY LOW WIND CHILLS TONIGHT... .OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOW SINGLE DIGITS TO A FEW DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. WITH GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 20 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER AT MANY LOCATIONS BY LATE EVENING AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY MORNING. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101-102-109-119-101200- /O.EXB.KCYS.WC.Y.0002.121210T0300Z-121210T1500Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 634 PM MST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...18 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE WITHIN MINUTES IN THESE COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES. PETS AND EXPOSED LIVESTOCK COULD BE INJURED OR PERISH FROM EXPOSURE IF NOT GIVEN APPROPRIATE SHELTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS 20 TO 29 DEGREE RANGE FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREMITIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. && $$ WYZ105-110-113>118-101200- /O.EXT.KCYS.WC.Y.0002.121210T0300Z-121210T1500Z/ SHIRLEY BASIN-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDICINE BOW...ARLINGTON... ELK MOUNTAIN...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE...CENTENNIAL... ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD... PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE 634 PM MST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST MONDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...18 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE WITHIN MINUTES IN THESE COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES. PETS AND EXPOSED LIVESTOCK COULD BE INJURED OR PERISH FROM EXPOSURE IF NOT GIVEN APPROPRIATE SHELTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS 20 TO 29 DEGREE RANGE FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREMITIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. && $$
049 WWUS45 KCYS 100602 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1102 PM MST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS TO CREATE VERY LOW WIND CHILLS TONIGHT... .OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOW SINGLE DIGITS TO A FEW DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. WITH GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 20 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER AT MANY LOCATIONS BY LATE EVENING AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY MORNING. WYZ101-102-109-113-100715- /O.CAN.KCYS.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T1500Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE 1102 PM MST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO INCREASE...RAISING TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILL READINGS WARMER TO AROUND 5 BELOW TO 10 BELOW ZERO. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING OVERNIGHT WITH WARMING WIND CHILLS. THUS THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ105-110-114>119-101200- /O.CON.KCYS.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T1500Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-SHIRLEY BASIN-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...MEDICINE BOW...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO... BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER... CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 1102 PM MST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...18 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE WITHIN MINUTES IN THESE COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES. PETS AND EXPOSED LIVESTOCK COULD BE INJURED OR PERISH FROM EXPOSURE IF NOT GIVEN APPROPRIATE SHELTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS 20 TO 29 DEGREE RANGE FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREMITIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. && $$
695 WWUS45 KCYS 101008 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 308 AM MST MON DEC 10 2012 ...LOW WIND CHILLS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING... .CURRENT TEMPERATURES IN THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ARE MOSTLY IN THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS TO SLIGHTLY BELOW ZERO. WITH GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WYZ105-110-114>119-101115- /O.CAN.KCYS.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T1500Z/ SHIRLEY BASIN-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SNOWY RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDICINE BOW...ARLINGTON... ELK MOUNTAIN...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 308 AM MST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO RISE. AS A RESULT...WIND CHILL VALUES HAVE RISEN ABOVE NEGATIVE TWENTY AND THE ADVISORY IS CANCELLED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING. $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-101500- /O.CON.KCYS.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T1500Z/ 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 308 AM MST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...18 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE WITHIN MINUTES IN THESE COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES. PETS AND EXPOSED LIVESTOCK COULD BE INJURED OR PERISH FROM EXPOSURE IF NOT GIVEN APPROPRIATE SHELTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS 20 TO 29 DEGREE RANGE FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREMITIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. && $$ FINCH
149 WWUS45 KCYS 101213 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 513 AM MST MON DEC 10 2012 ...THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY ACROSS THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE IS BEING CANCELLED... .TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE HAVE RISEN ABOVE TEN DEGREES IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. THIS HAS CAUSED WIND CHILL VALUES TO RISE ABOVE 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AND THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS BEING CANCELLED. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-101315- /O.CAN.KCYS.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121210T1500Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE 513 AM MST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING IN THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE NOW ABOVE 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE CANCELLED. $$ FINCH
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.