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High Wind Warning 10, NWS Cheyenne, WY

January 24, 20144 counties in Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Jan 24, 2014, 12:30 AM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 14 hr. 6 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
Jan 24, 2014, 12:30 AM MST (07:30 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2014, 2:13 PM MST
In force
14 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 07:34 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 24, 7:26 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 52Arlington, WYSUSTAINED AT 40 MPH. G52 AT 0721L AND 51MPH AT 0716L.
Jan 24, 7:30 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 528 Ese Crystal Lake Rese, WYSUATINED AT 41 MPH.
Jan 24, 8:30 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 528 Ese Crystal Lake Rese, WYSUSTAINED AT 41 MPH.
Jan 24, 8:42 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 51Vedauwoo, WYSUSTAINED AT 42 MPH.
Jan 24, 9:10 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 56Bordeaux, WYSUSTAINED AT 45 MPH.
Jan 24, 10:10 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 50Bordeaux, WYSUSTAINED AT 41 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, 7.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 2014-01-24Temperature 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 2014-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
2706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 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.

534 
WWUS75 KCYS 240730
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1230 AM MST FRI JAN 24 2014

...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE IN THE BORDEAUX AREA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL RESULT
IN HIGH WINDS IN THE BORDEAUX AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60
MPH. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.

WYZ106-242200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0010.140124T0730Z-140124T2200Z/
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX
1230 AM MST FRI JAN 24 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. THERE IS A BLOW OVER RISK
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE WARNED AREA. THE
  STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS THAT WILL MAKE
  TRAVEL 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.

&&

$$

FINCH
2 follow-up statements
377 
WWUS75 KCYS 240927
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
227 AM MST FRI JAN 24 2014

...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE IN THE ARLINGTON AND BORDEAUX AREAS
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL RESULT
IN HIGH WINDS IN THE ARLINGTON AND BORDEAUX AREAS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.

WYZ110-242200-
/O.EXA.KCYS.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140124T2200Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
227 AM MST FRI JAN 24 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. THERE IS A BLOW OVER RISK 
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE WARNED AREA. 
  THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS THAT WILL 
  MAKE TRAVEL 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.

&&

$$

WYZ106-242200-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140124T2200Z/
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX
227 AM MST FRI JAN 24 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 
  60 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. THERE IS A BLOW OVER RISK 
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE WARNED AREA. 
  THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS THAT WILL 
  MAKE TRAVEL 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.

&&

$$

FINCH
063 
WWUS75 KCYS 242113
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
213 PM MST FRI JAN 24 2014

...STRONG WINDS HAVE ENDED BUT WINDY CONDITIONS TO REMAIN...

.THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED THIS AFTERNOON BUT WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
WYOMING INTO THIS EVENING.

WYZ106-110-242215-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140124T2200Z/
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
213 PM MST FRI JAN 24 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

STRONG WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED SOMEWHAT THIS AFTERNOON BUT WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
WYOMING INTO THIS EVENING. HIGH WIND WARNING STRENGTH WINDS ARE NO
LONGER EXPECTED FOR TODAY. 

$$

LIEBL

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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.