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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Cheyenne, WY

February 4, 2013Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Feb 4, 2013, 12:43 PM MST for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It was in force for 6 hr. 9 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
Feb 4, 2013, 12:43 PM MST (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Feb 4, 2013, 7:00 PM MST
In force
6 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 19:46 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
Feb 4, 12:55 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 583 Nw Arlington, WYSUSTAINED WIND 45 MPH.
Feb 4, 12:55 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 59Arlington, WYSUSTAINED WIND 41 MPH.
Feb 4, 1:10 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 59Arlington, WYSUSTAINED WIND 42 MPH.
Feb 4, 1:10 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 61Elk Mountain, WYSUSTAINED WIND 44 MPH.
Feb 4, 1:10 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 623 Ese Elk Mountain, WYREPORTED AT WYDOT STATION WY20
Feb 4, 1:41 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 613 Ese Elk Mountain, WYCOUNTY ROAD 402 WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED AT 43 MPH.
Feb 4, 2:06 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 68Arlington, WYARLINGTON WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED AT 55 MPH.
Feb 4, 2:10 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 612 Ese Arlington, WYARLINGTON EAST WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED AT 43 MPH.
Feb 4, 7:10 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 58Arlington, WYARLINGTON WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED AT 49 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 12:00Z, 7.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2013-02-04Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2013-02-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 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.

696 
WWUS75 KCYS 041943
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1243 PM MST MON FEB 4 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
FOR THE NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

WYZ110-050000-
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0009.130204T1943Z-130205T0000Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
1243 PM MST MON FEB 4 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST SUSTAINED 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS INCLUDES
  THE ARLINGTON AND ELK MOUNTAIN AREAS.

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.

&&

$$

JAMSKI
2 follow-up statements
290 
WWUS75 KCYS 042352
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
452 PM MST MON FEB 4 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING IN THE
ARLINGTON AREA...

.A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE THE STRONG WINDS IN THE ARLINGTON AREA
EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER THAT
TIME. 

WYZ110-050200-
/O.EXT.KCYS.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130205T0200Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
452 PM MST MON FEB 4 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...WESTERLY  SUSTAINED 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS INCLUDES
  AROUND ARLINGTON AND ELK MOUNTAIN. 

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.

&&

$$

WEILAND
110 
WWUS75 KCYS 050208
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
708 PM MST MON FEB 4 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING IN THE
ARLINGTON AREA...

.A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE THE STRONG WINDS IN THE ARLINGTON AREA
THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER
THAT TIME.

WYZ110-050600-
/O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130205T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0010.130205T0208Z-130205T0600Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
708 PM MST MON FEB 4 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 11 PM THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WESTERLY SUSTAINED 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS INCLUDES 
  AROUND ARLINGTON AND ELK MOUNTAIN. 

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.

&&

$$

WEILAND

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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.