Alert archive / Wyoming / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm warning at Oct 5, 2012, 9:21 AM MDT for Albany County, Converse County, Platte County, Wyoming. It took effect at Oct 6, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2012, 9:21 AM MDT (15:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 6, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2012, 4:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Converse County, WY, Platte County, WY
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
564 WWUS45 KCYS 051521 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 921 AM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE AND INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .SNOW THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF ACROSS THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES WARM. MOST OF THE SNOW THAT FELL THIS MORNING WILL MELT AS A RESULT. A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS THEN SET TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATER TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER AND ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WYZ103-060330- /O.UPG.KCYS.WS.A.0005.121006T0000Z-121006T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WS.W.0008.121006T0600Z-121006T2100Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- 921 AM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 3 PM SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 12 INCHES WITH NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES SEEING 14 TO 16 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATES 80 AND 25 AND OTHER HIGHWAYS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE HAMPERED DUE TO THE SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ002-003-095-096-WYZ102-060330- /O.NEW.KCYS.WW.Y.0012.121006T0600Z-121006T2100Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121005T2100Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-NIOBRARA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...HARRISON...AGATE... LUSK 921 AM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. THEN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOR TODAY 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. MUCH OF THIS SNOW WILL MELT THIS AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$ WYZ101-106-107-116>118-060330- /O.UPG.KCYS.WS.A.0005.121006T0000Z-121006T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WW.Y.0012.121006T0600Z-121006T2100Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD... PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE 921 AM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER PLATTE AND GOSHEN COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT SPREADING SOUTH TO CHEYENNE AND THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE TOWARDS SUNRISE SATURDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE LARAMIE RANGE...INCLUDING CHEYENNE. 8 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE LARAMIE RANGE...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 80 SUMMIT BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATES 80 AND 25 AND OTHER HIGHWAYS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE HAMPERED DUE TO THE SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$ NEZ019>021-054-055-WYZ108-119-060330- /O.NEW.KCYS.WW.Y.0012.121006T0600Z-121006T2100Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-GOSHEN COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG... BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...TORRINGTON...BURNS... CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 921 AM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TOWARDS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER AFTER 3 AM SATURDAY MORNING...PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING FROM SUNRISE THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM SUNRISE THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATES 80 AND OTHER HIGHWAYS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE HAMPERED DUE TO THE SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
331 WWUS45 KCYS 051732 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1132 AM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE AND INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .SNOW THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF ACROSS THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES WARM. MOST OF THE SNOW THAT FELL THIS MORNING WILL MELT AS A RESULT. A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS THEN SET TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATER TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER AND ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WYZ103-060545- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0008.121006T0600Z-121006T2100Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- 1132 AM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 3 PM SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 12 INCHES WITH NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES SEEING 14 TO 16 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS AND CAMPERS IN THE MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST ARE EXPECTED DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE HAMPERED DUE TO THE SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ002-003-095-096-WYZ102-060545- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121005T2100Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0012.121006T0600Z-121006T2100Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-NIOBRARA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...HARRISON...AGATE... LUSK 1132 AM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. THEN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOR TODAY 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. MUCH OF THIS SNOW WILL MELT THIS AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$ NEZ019>021-054-055-WYZ101-106>108-116>119-060545- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0012.121006T0600Z-121006T2100Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG... BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK... BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY... TORRINGTON...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK... HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN... PINE BLUFFS 1132 AM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TOWARDS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER AFTER 3 AM SATURDAY MORNING...PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING FROM SUNRISE THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM SUNRISE THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATES 80 AND OTHER HIGHWAYS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE HAMPERED DUE TO THE SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$
340 WWUS45 KCYS 051909 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 109 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE AND INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS COME TO AN END OVER THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND NIOBRARA COUNTY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL. THEREFORE...CANCELLED THE ADVISORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS THEN SET TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATER TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER AND ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NEZ002-003-095-096-WYZ102-061200- /O.CAN.KCYS.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121005T2100Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0012.121006T0600Z-121006T2100Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-NIOBRARA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...HARRISON...AGATE... LUSK 109 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$ WYZ103-061200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0008.121006T0600Z-121006T2100Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- 109 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 3 PM SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 12 INCHES WITH NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES SEEING 14 TO 16 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS AND CAMPERS IN THE MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST ARE EXPECTED DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE HAMPERED DUE TO THE SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ019>021-054-055-WYZ101-106>108-116>119-061200- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0012.121006T0600Z-121006T2100Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG... BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK... BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY... TORRINGTON...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK... HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN... PINE BLUFFS 109 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TOWARDS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER AFTER 3 AM SATURDAY MORNING...PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING FROM SUNRISE THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM SUNRISE THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATES 80 AND OTHER HIGHWAYS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE HAMPERED DUE TO THE SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$
463 WWUS45 KCYS 060220 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 820 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE THROUGH SATURDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE AND INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH SATURDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATER TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER AND ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WYZ103-061200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0008.121006T0600Z-121006T2100Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- 820 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 3 PM SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 12 INCHES WITH NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES SEEING 14 TO 16 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS AND CAMPERS IN THE MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST ARE EXPECTED DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE HAMPERED DUE TO THE SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101-102-106>108-116>119- 061200- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0012.121006T0600Z-121006T2100Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 820 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$ RUBIN
041 WWUS45 KCYS 061030 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 430 AM MDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE AND INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE LARAMIE RANGE...AND EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING FOG THAT DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT AT THE SUMMIT AND NEARBY FOOTHILLS PRODUCED VERY SLICK ROADS THAT WILL COMBINE WITH SNOWFALL TO INCREASE THE HAZARDS OF TRAVEL IN THIS AREA TODAY. WYZ103-062100- /O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-121006T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KCYS.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121006T2100Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- 430 AM MDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN MODERATE SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101-102-106>108-116>119- 062100- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121006T2100Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 430 AM MDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN MODERATE SNOW. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING FOG DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 30 BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE AT THE SUMMIT...CAUSING VERY SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. SNOW ON TOP OF THESE SLICK ROADS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO MODERATE SNOW WILL ENHANCE THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$ RJM
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Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 9:21 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | Albany, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara, Platte | 26 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.