Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Watches in 2014
High Wind Watch 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Mar 5, 2014, 2:31 AM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Mar 6, 2014, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2014, 2:31 AM MST (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2014, 12:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2014, 3:03 PM MST
- In force
- 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 09:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
700 WWUS75 KCYS 050931 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 231 AM MST WED MAR 5 2014 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS MONTANA TODAY AND THEN SOUTHEAST INTO EASTERN WYOMING TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH TONIGHT...RESULTING IN AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE LARAMIE RANGE. THE COMBINATION OF THIS GRADIENT AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS MAY RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT. WYZ106-110-116-117-052330- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.A.0013.140306T0700Z-140306T1900Z/ 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 231 AM MST WED MAR 5 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WIND PRONE AREAS. GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 35 TO 45 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS TO LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 25 AND INTERSTATE 80. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ TT
1 follow-up statement
720 WWUS75 KCYS 052203 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 303 PM MST WED MAR 5 2014 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER WESTERN COLORADO THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS EASTERN WYOMING TO STRENGTHEN THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION. STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL HELP TO PRODUCE HIGH WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE WIND PRONE LOCATIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE NEAR ARLINGTON AND BORDEAUX FIRST...AND THEN SPREAD INTO THE LARAMIE RANGE AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS CLOSER TO SUNRISE. WYZ106-110-061015- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0013.140306T0700Z-140306T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0019.140306T0700Z-140307T0000Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 303 PM MST WED MAR 5 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND BECOME STRONG AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST-TO-SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS TO LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 25 AND 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. 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. && $$ WYZ116-117-061015- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0013.140306T0700Z-140306T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0019.140306T1200Z-140307T0000Z/ SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER 303 PM MST WED MAR 5 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND SUNRISE THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST-TO-SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS TO LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 25 AND 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. 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. && $$ HAMMER/RUBIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 6:39 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | Laramie | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 7:19 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | Laramie | 12 hr |
| Mar 5, 7:29 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | Laramie | 12 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:03 PM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 21 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:44 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | Converse, Niobrara, Platte | 6 hr |
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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.