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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Cheyenne, WY

January 10, 2013Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Jan 10, 2013, 3:30 AM MST for Carbon County, Wyoming. It was in force for 11 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
Jan 10, 2013, 3:30 AM MST (10:30 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2013, 2:44 PM MST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Carbon County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2013-01-10Temperature 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 2013-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 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.

676 
WWUS75 KCYS 101030
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
330 AM MST THU JAN 10 2013

...GUSTY WINDS TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM...

.STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE FOUND MAINLY NEAR THE SEMINOLE AND
FERRIS MOUNTAINS IN NORTHERN CARBON COUNTY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35
TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH WILL OCCUR. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

WYZ104-102300-
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0003.130110T1030Z-130110T2300Z/
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MUDDY GAP
330 AM MST THU JAN 10 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 


* TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS 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.

&&

$$

LIEBL
2 follow-up statements
055 
WWUS75 KCYS 101655
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
955 AM MST THU JAN 10 2013

...GUSTY WINDS TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM...

.STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE FOUND MAINLY NEAR THE SEMINOLE AND
FERRIS MOUNTAINS IN NORTHERN CARBON COUNTY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF
35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH WILL OCCUR. WINDS WILL
SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

WYZ104-102300-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130110T2300Z/
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MUDDY GAP
955 AM MST THU JAN 10 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS 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.

&&

$$
050 
WWUS75 KCYS 102144
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
244 PM MST THU JAN 10 2013

...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN CARBON COUNTY THIS
EVENING... 

.STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF
CARBON COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE
FOUND NEAR THE FERRIS AND SEMINOLE MOUNTAINS. 

WYZ104-102245-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130110T2300Z/
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MUDDY GAP
244 PM MST THU JAN 10 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN CARBON COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. 

$$

HAMMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 3:10 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningCYSCarbon, Niobrara38 hr
Jan 10, 3:10 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryCYSAlbany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Platte38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.