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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Jan 8, 2013, 8:38 PM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 7 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2013, 8:38 PM MST (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2013, 3:21 AM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 9:06 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Arlington, WY | PEAK WIND GUST THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 40 AND 47 MPH BETWEEN 746 PM AND 936 PM. |
| Jan 9, 1:56 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 1 Sse Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED AT 40 MPH FOR 1 HOUR WITH A GUST TO 57 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 2278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
197 WWUS75 KCYS 090338 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 838 PM MST TUE JAN 8 2013 ...STRONG WINDS NEAR ARLINGTON AND BORDEAUX THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL COMBINE WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON AND INTERSTATE 25 AROUND BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WINDS 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WYZ106-110-091300- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0002.130109T0338Z-130109T1300Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 838 PM MST TUE JAN 8 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND INTERSTATE 25 IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY TO THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. 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. && $$ HAHN
1 follow-up statement
810 WWUS75 KCYS 091021 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 321 AM MST WED JAN 9 2013 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED... .WINDS ARE NO LONGER REACHING WARNING LEVELS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING. WYZ106-110-091130- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130109T1300Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 321 AM MST WED JAN 9 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WARNING LEVELS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING. $$ LIEBL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2:12 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Converse, Niobrara | 25 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.