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High Wind Warning 23, NWS Cheyenne, WY

March 19, 2014Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Mar 19, 2014, 5:56 PM MDT for Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 4 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
Mar 19, 2014, 5:56 PM MDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2014, 9:39 PM MDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 2014-03-19Temperature 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 2014-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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.

154 
WWUS75 KCYS 192356
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
556 PM MDT WED MAR 19 2014

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE BORDEAUX AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS STRENGTHENED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING
THIS AFTERNOON AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40-45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60
MPH ARE BEING REPORTED IN THE BORDEAUX AREA. THESE STRONG WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

WYZ106-201200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0023.140319T2356Z-140320T1200Z/
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX
556 PM MDT WED MAR 19 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM MDT THURSDAY.

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

* IMPACTS...THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 67 AND
  72 BECAUSE OF STRONG WINDS. DRIVERS OF SUCH VEHICLES SHOULD NOT
  TRAVEL THIS STRETCH OF ROAD. THE STRONG WIND WILL CREATE
  DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY 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
1 follow-up statement
701 
WWUS75 KCYS 200339
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
939 PM MDT WED MAR 19 2014


WYZ106-200445-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140320T1200Z/
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX
939 PM MDT WED MAR 19 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED IN THE BORDEAUX AREA OVER THE PAST FEW
HOURS AND HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
STILL BE BREEZY TO WINDY AT TIMES.

$$

FINCH

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.