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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

October 11, 20138 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Oct 11, 2013, 3:11 PM MDT for 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 11, 2013, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
Oct 11, 2013, 5:21 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2013-10-11Temperature 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2013-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
2230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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.

202 
WWUS75 KCYS 112111
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
311 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...STORM SYSTEM MOVING AWAY FROM OUR REGION TODAY...

.AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM OUR REGION...WINDS HAVE BEGUN
TO DECREASE. STILL THOUGH...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-120000-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-131012T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0013.131011T2111Z-131012T0000Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...
GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
HARRISON...AGATE
311 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM TODAY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

WYZ102-108-112215-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-131012T0000Z/
NIOBRARA COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUSK...TORRINGTON
311 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ENOUGH SO THAT THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

$$

RUBIN
1 follow-up statement
302 
WWUS75 KCYS 112321
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
521 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE STORM SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED THE STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST
WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE HAS MOVED FURTHER 
AWAY OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE WINDS IN THE AREA HAVE 
DIMINISHED IN RESPONSE SINCE THE MID AFTERNOON. THAT TREND WILL
CONTINUE AND WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MPH AFTER SUNSET IN
MOST AREAS.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-120030-
/O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-131012T0000Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...
GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
HARRISON...AGATE
521 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER AWAY
AND WILL RESULT IN WINDS BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MPH AFTER SUNSET. FOR
THAT REASON...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  

$$

WEILAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 6:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCheyenne43 min
Oct 10, 6:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCheyenne51 min

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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.