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High Wind Warning 33, NWS Cheyenne, WY

November 18, 20144 counties in Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Nov 18, 2014, 2:02 AM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Nov 18, 2014, 5:06 AM MST. It was in force for 13 hr. 20 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 18, 2014, 2:02 AM MST (09:02 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 18, 2014, 5:06 AM MST
Expired
Nov 18, 2014, 6:29 PM MST
In force
13 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 09:08 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
Nov 18, 7:20 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 60Bordeaux, WYSUSTAINED AT 43 MPH.
Nov 18, 7:21 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 54Arlington, WYSUSTAINED AT 45 MPH.
Nov 18, 8:00 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 56Bordeaux, WYSUSTAINED AT 45 MPH.
Nov 18, 8:01 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 53Arlington, WYSUSTAINED AT 45 MPH.
Nov 18, 8:30 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 527 Nw Elk Mountain, WYSUSTAINED AT 43 MPH.
Nov 18, 8:30 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 563 Ese Elk Mountain, WYSUSTAINED AT 32 MPH.
Nov 18, 8:30 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 56Bordeaux, WYSUSTAINED AT 43 MPH.
Nov 18, 8:31 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 51Arlington, WYSUSTAINED AT 43 MPH.
Nov 18, 8:41 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 50Buford, WYSUSTAINED AT 40 MPH.
Nov 18, 8:41 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 522 Wnw Buford, WYSUSTAINED AT 39 MPH
Nov 18, 8:56 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 563 Ese Elk Mountain, WYSUSTAINED AT 30 MPH.
Nov 18, 9:25 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 56Pumpkin Vine, WYSUSTAINED AT 38 MPH.
Nov 18, 10:42 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 50Vedauwoo, WYSUSTAINED AT 39 MPH.
Nov 18, 10:45 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 54Bordeaux, WYSUSTAINED AT 41 MPH.
Nov 18, 10:46 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 52Arlington, WYSUSTAINED AT 42 MPH.
Nov 18, 11:30 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 59Bordeaux, WYSUSTAINED AT 41 MPH.
Nov 18, 12:36 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 619 S Wheatland, WY
Nov 18, 1:06 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 581 Ene Buford, WYSUSTAINED WIND 43 MPH.
Nov 18, 2:21 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 57Wsw Elk Mountain 12ese, WYSUSTAINED WIND 41 MPH.
Nov 18, 2:56 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 5815 Nne Centennial, WY

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, 9.0 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 2014-11-18Temperature 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 2014-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 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
2199 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 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.

501 
WWUS75 KCYS 180902
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
202 AM MST TUE NOV 18 2014

...STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE
RANGE AND FOOTHILLS TODAY...

.WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING
TODAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE
AND FOOTHILLS. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING...
BECOMING STRONG BY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS
EVENING.

WYZ116-117-190400-
/O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0021.141118T1900Z-141119T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0033.141118T1900Z-141119T0400Z/
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...
HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER
202 AM MST TUE NOV 18 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING THIS MORNING AND
  BECOMING STRONG THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH
  GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT WEIGHT TRAILERS WILL
  BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES MAY LOSE CONTROL WHEN ENCOUNTERING STRONG WINDS AND
  MAY BE AT RISK OF BLOW OVER.

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.

&&

$$

RUBIN
4 follow-up statements
820 
WWUS75 KCYS 181206
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
506 AM MST TUE NOV 18 2014

...STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE
RANGE AND FOOTHILLS AND NEAR ARLINGTON...

.WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING
TODAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE
AND FOOTHILLS OVER THE INTERSTATE 80 SUMMIT...AS WELL AS NEAR
ARLINGTON IN EASTERN CARBON COUNTY. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH
THIS MORNING...BECOMING STRONGER WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGING GUSTS.
WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING.

WYZ110-190400-
/O.EXB.KCYS.HW.W.0033.141118T1206Z-141119T0400Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
506 AM MST TUE NOV 18 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING THIS MORNING AND
  REMAINING STRONG THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT WEIGHT TRAILERS WILL 
  BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES MAY LOSE CONTROL WHEN ENCOUNTERING STRONG WINDS AND 
  MAY BE AT RISK OF BLOW OVER. 

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.

&&

$$

WYZ116-117-190400-
/O.EXT.KCYS.HW.W.0033.141118T1206Z-141119T0400Z/
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...
HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER
506 AM MST TUE NOV 18 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING THIS MORNING AND 
  BECOMING STRONG THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT WEIGHT TRAILERS WILL 
  BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES MAY LOSE CONTROL WHEN ENCOUNTERING STRONG WINDS AND 
  MAY BE AT RISK OF BLOW OVER. 

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.

&&

$$

RUBIN
985 
WWUS75 KCYS 181448
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
748 AM MST TUE NOV 18 2014

...STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE
RANGE AS WELL AS ARLINGTON AND BORDEAUX...

.WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING
TODAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE
AND FOOTHILLS OVER THE INTERSTATE 80 SUMMIT. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED NEAR THE GAP REGIONS OF ARLINGTON IN EASTERN CARBON
COUNTY AND BORDEAUX IN WESTERN PLATTE COUNTY. WINDS WILL INCREASE
THROUGH THIS MORNING...BECOMING STRONGER WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGING
GUSTS. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING.

WYZ106-190000-
/O.EXA.KCYS.HW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-141119T0400Z/
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX
748 AM MST TUE NOV 18 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS PERSISTING THROUGH THE DAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 65
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT WEIGHT TRAILERS WILL 
  BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES MAY LOSE CONTROL WHEN ENCOUNTERING STRONG WINDS AND 
  MAY BE AT RISK OF BLOW OVER. 

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.

&&

$$

WYZ110-116-117-190000-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-141119T0400Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...VEDAUWOO...
BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER
748 AM MST TUE NOV 18 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING THIS MORNING AND 
  BECOMING STRONG THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT WEIGHT TRAILERS WILL 
  BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES MAY LOSE CONTROL WHEN ENCOUNTERING STRONG WINDS AND 
  MAY BE AT RISK OF BLOW OVER. 

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.

&&

$$
858 
WWUS75 KCYS 182143
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
243 PM MST TUE NOV 18 2014

...STRONG AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...

.STRONG WIND THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE...THE
ARLINGTON AREA...AND NEAR BORDEAUX WILL DECREASE INTO THE EVENING
HOURS.

WYZ106-110-116-117-190400-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-141119T0400Z/
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...
VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...
WHITAKER
243 PM MST TUE NOV 18 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS DECREASE THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH
  GUSTS 55 TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT WEIGHT TRAILERS WILL 
  BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES MAY LOSE CONTROL WHEN ENCOUNTERING STRONG WINDS AND 
  MAY BE AT RISK OF BLOW OVER. 

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.

&&

$$
009 
WWUS75 KCYS 190129
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
629 PM MST TUE NOV 18 2014

WYZ106-110-116-117-190230-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-141119T0400Z/
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...
VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...
WHITAKER
629 PM MST TUE NOV 18 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS THIS EVENING AND NO
LONGER POSE A THREAT. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

$$

HAHN

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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.