Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 8, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Jan 31, 2013, 1:50 PM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 31, 2013, 10:00 PM MST. It was in force for 5 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 31, 2013, 1:50 PM MST (20:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2013, 10:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2013, 2:44 AM MST
- In force
- 5 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 20:55 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 12:00Z, 8.8 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
- 1703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
842 WWUS75 KCYS 312050 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 150 PM MST THU JAN 31 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING 10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 11 AM FRIDAY FOR OUR WIND PRONE AREAS IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING... .LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS MONTANA TONIGHT. IN RESPONSE...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE FOR OUR WIND PRONE AREA LIKE ARLINGTON...BORDEAUX AND VEDAUWOO. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING FRIDAY. WYZ106-110-116-011200- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0006.130201T0600Z-130201T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0008.130201T0500Z-130201T1800Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 150 PM MST THU JAN 31 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 11 AM FRIDAY * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...NEAR AND AROUND ARLINGTON...EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES PARTICULARLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS...AS WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATES 25 AND 80. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
320 WWUS75 KCYS 010441 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 941 PM MST THU JAN 31 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH 11 AM FRIDAY FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING... .LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS MONTANA TONIGHT. IN RESPONSE...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE FOR WIND PRONE AREA LIKE ARLINGTON...BORDEAUX AND VEDAUWOO. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING FRIDAY. WYZ106-110-116-011200- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0008.130201T0500Z-130201T1800Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 941 PM MST THU JAN 31 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 11 AM FRIDAY * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...NEAR AND AROUND ARLINGTON...EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES PARTICULARLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS...AS WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATES 25 AND 80. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ROADS ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5 1 1 OR ON THE INTERNET. && $$ HAHN
854 WWUS75 KCYS 010944 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 244 AM MST FRI FEB 1 2013 .WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT VERY STRONG WINDS NO LONGER EXPECTED. WYZ106-110-116-011045- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130201T1800Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE 244 AM MST FRI FEB 1 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO GUST TO 60 MPH. WESTERLY WINDS WILL MAINLY RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. $$ LIEBL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 10:48 AM MST | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 3 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.