Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 28, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Oct 25, 2014, 6:38 PM MDT for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at Oct 26, 2014, 2:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Oct 25, 2014, 6:38 PM MDT (00:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2014, 2:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2014, 12:01 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 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 00:42 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 4:51 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 3 Nw I-80 Exit 255, WY | HALLECK RIDGE WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED WINDS 37 TO 42 MPH OVER PAST 15 MINUTES. |
| Oct 26, 5:15 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Elk Mountain, WY | ELK MOUNTAIN AWOS SITE. SUSTAINED 35 TO 38 MPH OVER PAST 30 MINUTES. |
| Oct 26, 5:26 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 Nw I-80 Exit 255, WY | HALLECK RIDGE WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED AT 44 MPH OVER PAST 35 MINUTES. |
| Oct 26, 5:57 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 3 Ese Elk Mountain, WY | COUNTY ROAD 402 WYDOT SITE. SUSTANED AT 38 MPH. |
| Oct 26, 6:21 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 Nw I-80 Exit 255, WY | HALLECK RIDGE WYDOT SITE NEAR ELK MOUNTAIN. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 MPH. |
| Oct 26, 7:11 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Wsw Elk Mountain 12ese, WY | SUSTAINED WIND OF 40 MPH. ARLINGTON WYDOT SITE. |
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, 0.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
004 WWUS75 KCYS 260038 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 638 PM MDT SAT OCT 25 2014 ...HIGH WINDS WILL BE AFFECTING THE ARLINGTON AREA TONIGHT... .A PACIFIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND ALLOW FOR STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. WYZ110-261000- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0028.141026T0800Z-141026T2300Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 638 PM MDT SAT OCT 25 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARDS SUNSET. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO BLOWOVERS ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 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. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$
2 follow-up statements
742 WWUS75 KCYS 260955 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 355 AM MDT SUN OCT 26 2014 ...HIGH WINDS WILL BE AFFECTING THE ARLINGTON AREA THROUGH TODAY... .A PACIFIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY AND WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WYZ110-262300- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-141026T2300Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 355 AM MDT SUN OCT 26 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARDS SUNSET. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO BLOWOVERS ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 80. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$
948 WWUS75 KCYS 261801 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1201 PM MDT SUN OCT 26 2014 WYZ110-261915- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-141026T2300Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 1201 PM MDT SUN OCT 26 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE THREAT FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...WEST WINDS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THE ARLINGTON AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR LIGHT TRAILERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION ALONG INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS. $$ HAMMER
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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.