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High Wind Warning 32, NWS Cheyenne, WY

November 13, 2014Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Nov 13, 2014, 2:01 PM MST for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at Nov 14, 2014, 2:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 hr. 2 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
Nov 13, 2014, 2:01 PM MST (21:01 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 14, 2014, 2:00 AM MST
Expired
Nov 14, 2014, 2:00 PM MST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 14, 3:45 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 545 Nw Arlington, WYWAGONHOUND WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED WINDS 37 TO 40 MPH FOR PAST HOUR.
Nov 14, 3:56 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 55Arlington, WYARLINGTON WEST WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED WINDS 35 TO 40 MPH FOR PAST HOUR.

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, 9.0 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 2014-11-13Temperature 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 2014-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
101 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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.

616 
WWUS75 KCYS 132101
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
201 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014

...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE ARLINGTON AREA FRIDAY...

.WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AND BECOME QUITE STRONG
AND GUSTY ACROSS THE NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

WYZ110-141200-
/O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0020.141114T1200Z-141114T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0032.141114T0900Z-141114T2100Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
201 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM MST FRIDAY. THE
HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...2 AM THROUGH 2 PM FRIDAY.

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

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES
  WITH LIGHT TRAILERS ON INTERSTATE 80 WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
  STRONG CROSSWINDS. THESE CROSSWINDS COULD POSE A SIGNIFICANT
  BLOW-OVER RISK.

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.

&&

$$

JAMSKI
2 follow-up statements
362 
WWUS75 KCYS 141243
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
543 AM MST FRI NOV 14 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE ARLINGTON AREA FRIDAY...

.WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE STRONG AND GUSTY ACROSS THE NORTH
SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

WYZ110-142100-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-141114T2100Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
543 AM MST FRI NOV 14 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...THROUGH 2 PM FRIDAY.

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

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES 
  WITH LIGHT TRAILERS ON INTERSTATE 80 WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  STRONG CROSSWINDS. THESE CROSSWINDS COULD POSE A SIGNIFICANT 
  BLOW-OVER RISK. 

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.

&&

$$
035 
WWUS75 KCYS 142100
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
200 PM MST FRI NOV 14 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE ARLINGTON AREA IS CANCELLED...

.WEST WIND WILL GUST 35 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...THESE SPEEDS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN WARNING CRITERIA AND 
THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

WYZ110-142200-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-141114T2100Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
200 PM MST FRI NOV 14 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA FOR THE 
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE 
UNTIL SUNSET BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 1:43 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchCYSAlbany, Carbon12 hr
Nov 13, 4:03 AM MSTWind Chill WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon, Converse, Laramie, Platte5 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.