Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 21, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Apr 29, 2013, 3:33 AM MDT for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at Apr 29, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 4 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
- Apr 29, 2013, 3:33 AM MDT (09:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2013, 8:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 12:51 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Arlington, WY | |
| Apr 29, 5:01 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Arlington, WY | ARLINGTON WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED AT 43 MPH. |
| Apr 29, 5:11 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 7 Nw Elk Mountain, WY | HALLECK RIDGE WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED AT 40 MPH. |
| Apr 29, 6:01 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 11 Ssw Hanna, WY | DANA RIDGE WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED AT 45 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 2625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
745 WWUS75 KCYS 290933 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 333 AM MDT MON APR 29 2013 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON NEAR ARLINGTON... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH NEAR ARLINGTON DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH THE EVENING. WYZ110-292200- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0021.130429T1800Z-130430T0300Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 333 AM MDT MON APR 29 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY FROM NOON THROUGH 9 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 265 AND 275 BECAUSE OF STRONG WINDS. DRIVERS OF SUCH VEHICLES SHOULD NOT TRAVEL THIS STRETCH OF ROAD. THE STRONG WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ROADS ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5 1 1 OR ON THE INTERNET. && $$ HAHN
2 follow-up statements
595 WWUS75 KCYS 292034 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 234 PM MDT MON APR 29 2013 ...STRONG WINDS TO PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING NEAR ARLINGTON... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH NEAR ARLINGTON FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH THE EVENING. WYZ110-300300- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130430T0300Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 234 PM MDT MON APR 29 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...UNTIL 9 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 265 AND 275 BECAUSE OF STRONG WINDS. DRIVERS OF SUCH VEHICLES SHOULD NOT TRAVEL THIS STRETCH OF ROAD. THE STRONG WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ROADS ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5 1 1 OR ON THE INTERNET. && $$ RE
474 WWUS75 KCYS 300210 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 810 PM MDT MON APR 29 2013 ...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED IN THE ARLINGTON AREA EARLY THIS EVENING... .THE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SINCE 6 PM IN THE ARLINGTON AREA. THE WINDS WILL BE BRISK IN THAT AREA FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. FOR THAT REASON THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WYZ110-300315- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130430T0300Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 810 PM MDT MON APR 29 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPERIENCED IN THE ARLINGTON AREA DURING THE DAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING HAVE DIMINISHED. WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH IN THE AREA ESPECIALLY EARLY TONIGHT...BUT WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER THAN EARLIER. . $$ WEILAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:53 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 24 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.