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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY

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NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 20, 2012, 3:13 PM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 21, 2012, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2012, 3:13 PM MST (22:13 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 21, 2012, 6:00 AM MST
Expired: Jan 22, 2012, 9:30 AM MST
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Converse County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Jan 20, 10:34 AM MST, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 10:34 AM MST, 4 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 5:21 AM MST, 9 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 20, 10:49 AM MST, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 20, 1:39 PM MST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 9:11 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	CYS	Albany, Carbon	14 hr
Jan 20, 3:04 AM MST	High Wind Watch	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte	12 hr
Jan 20, 3:05 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	CYS	Albany, Carbon	12 hr
Jan 20, 3:05 PM MST	High Wind Warning	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte	26 hr
Jan 20, 3:13 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	CYS	Albany, Carbon	42 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Wyoming, 2012 Every winter weather advisory in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.