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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY

January 8, 20134 counties in Wyoming

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 8, 9:06 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 62Arlington, WYPEAK WIND GUST THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 40 AND 47 MPH BETWEEN 746 PM AND 936 PM.
Jan 9, 1:56 AM MSTHIGH SUST WINDS 421 Sse Bordeaux, WYSUSTAINED 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 2013-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 2013-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 2:12 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchCYSAlbany, Carbon, Converse, Niobrara25 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Wyoming, 2013Every high wind warning in 2013

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.