Alert archive / Wyoming / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm warning at Feb 28, 2014, 4:38 AM MST for 7 counties in Wyoming; Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 28, 2014, 9:00 PM MST. It was in force for 27 hr. 60 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
- Feb 28, 2014, 4:38 AM MST (11:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2014, 9:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2014, 11:37 PM MST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Dawes County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Converse County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 0 | 2 Ene Cheyenne, WY | |
| Mar 1, 6:03 AM MST | SNOW 0 | Cheyenne, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 0.3 | 6 Wnw Burns, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 0.3 | 8 N Cheyenne, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 0.3 | 9 E Cheyenne, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 0.8 | Nne Laramie, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 10 N Cheyenne, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 1 N Laramie, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 1.2 | 4 Ese La Grange, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 1.5 | 20 Wsw Warren Af Base, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 1.8 | 7 Nne Fort Laramie, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 7 N Laramie, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 13 Ssw Manville, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 11 Nw Lost Springs, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 1 Sw Glenrock, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 4 Wsw Douglas, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 4 Sw Glendo, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.6 | 12 Ssw Glendo, WY | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.9 | 20 Sw Wheatland, WY | |
| Mar 1, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | 6 Sse Yoder, WY | |
| Mar 1, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Laramie, WY | LESS THAN AN INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS. |
| Mar 1, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | Ne Medicine Bow, WY | |
| Mar 1, 9:03 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Rawlins, WY | SLICK ROADS. |
| Mar 1, 9:05 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Torrington, WY | DEPTH RANGES FROM 4-5 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 9:05 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Lusk, WY | 5-6 INCHES AROUND TOWN. |
| Mar 1, 9:05 AM MST | SNOW 6 | Douglas, WY | |
| Mar 1, 9:05 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Lusk, WY | 5-6 INCHES AROUND TOWN. |
| Mar 1, 9:08 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Wheatland, WY | 7-8 INCHES IN THE AREA. |
| Mar 1, 9:33 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Chadron, NE | |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | SLEET 4.8 | 28 E Savery, WY | THIS IS WISKEY PARK SNOTEL SITE. ELEVATION 8950. SWE 04. RATIO 12 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | SNOW 1 | 17 Sw Encampment, WY | THIS IS SANDSTONE RS SNOTEL SITE. ELEVATION 8150. SWE 0.1. RATIO 10 TO 1. DATA IN FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | SNOW 1.5 | 10 Se Laramie, WY | THIS IS CROW CREEK SNOTEL SITE. ELEVATION 8330. SWE 0.1. RATIO 15 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | SNOW 2.4 | 17 Ene Riverside, WY | THIS IS SOUTH BRUSH CREEK SNOTEL SITE. ELEVATON 8440. SWE 0.2. RAIO 12 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 10 E Dixon, WY | THIS IS BATTLE MOUNTAIN SNOTEL SITE. ELEVATION 7440. SWE 0.3. RATIO 10 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 35 S Rawlins, WY | THIS IS SAGE CREEK BASIN SNOTEL SITE. ELEVATION 7850. SWE 0.30. RATIO 10 TO 1. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 35 S Rawlins, WY | THIS IS SAGE CREEK BASIN SNOTEL SITE. ELEVATION 7850. SWE 0.30. RATIO 10 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 19 Wsw Encampment, WY | THIS IS DIVIDE PEAK SNOTEL SITE. ELEVAION 8880. SWE 0.4. RATIO 10 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | SNOW 4.8 | 28 E Savery, WY | THIS IS WISKEY PARK SNOTEL SITE. ELEVATION 8950. SWE 04. RATIO 12 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 30 Wnw Laramie, WY | THIS IS SAND LAKE SNOTEL SITE. ELEVATION 10050. SWE 0.5. RATIO 12 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 10 Wsw Encampment, WY | THIS IS OLD BATTLE SNOTEL SITE. ELEVATION 10000. SWE 0.5. RATO 15 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 7 Sw Centennial, WY | THIS IS CINNSBAR PARK SNOTEL SITE. ELEVATION 9574. SWE 0.5. RATIO 15 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 5 Sw Encampment, WY | THIS IS WEBBER SPRINGS SNOTEL SITE. ELEVATION 9250. SWE 0.8. RATIO 10 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 7 Nw Centennial, WY | THIS IS BROOKLYN LAKE SNOTEL SITE. EELVATION 10240. SWE 0.6. RATIO 15 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.6 | 12 Wnw Centennial, WY | THIS IS NORTH FRENCH CREEK SNOTEL SITE. ELEVATION 10130. SWE 0.8. RATIO 12 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 11 Sse Encampment, WY | THIS IS BLACKHALL MOUNTAIN SNOTEL SSITE. ELEVATION 9820. SWE 0.7. RATIO 15 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 12 Sw Esterbrook, WY | THIS IS WINDY PEAK SNOTEL SITE. ELEVATON 7900. SWE 0.7. RATIO 20 TO 1. DATA IS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 2 | Bill, WY | STORM TOTAL. |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 2 | Rawlins, WY | |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 21 Sse Elk Mountain, WY | MEDICINE BOW SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10500 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.5 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 2 Sw Hog Park Reservoir, WY | WHISKEY PARK SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8950 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.5 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 30 Wnw Laramie, WY | SAND LAKE SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10050 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.5 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 7 Nw Centennial, WY | BROOKLYN LAKE SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10240 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.5 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Torrington, WY | ESTIMATED BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 7.2 | 6 Sw Centennial, WY | CINNABAR PARK SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 9574 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.6 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 8.4 | 10 Wsw Encampment, WY | OLD BATTLE SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 10000 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.7 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 8.4 | 11 Sse Encampment, WY | BLACKHALL MOUNTAIN SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 9820 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.7 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 10 | 38 Sw Douglas, WY | LA PRELE CREEK SNOTEL IN THE LARAMIE RANGE. ELEVATION 8375 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.5 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 20 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 5 Sw Encampment, WY | WEBBER SPRINGS SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 9250 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 1.0 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 12 Sw Esterbrook, WY | WINDY PEAK SNOTEL IN THE LARAMIE RANGE. ELEVATION 7900 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.7 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 20 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Mar 1, 9:00 PM MST | SNOW 1.5 | Nne Laramie, WY | STORM TOTAL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
453 WWUS45 KCYS 281138 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 438 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AS A PACIFIC STORM INTERACTS WITH THE ARCTIC AIR MASS. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER EAST CENTRAL WYOMING WHERE A FOOT OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE. STORM TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO FEET MAY FALL OVER THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES...AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND INTO THE FERRIS AND SEMINOLE MOUNTAINS. NEZ002-095-096-WYZ101>108-282330- /O.UPG.KCYS.WS.A.0009.140301T0100Z-140302T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WS.W.0008.140301T0400Z-140302T1300Z/ DAWES-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS... GLENROCK...LUSK...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...GLENDO... WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON 438 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. HEAVIEST PERIOD OF SNOW EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND NOON SATURDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH AS MUCH AS 18 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...DROPPING TO 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE WIND CHILLS ALONG COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR LIVESTOCK. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE...AND SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. ADDITIONALLY...HIGH SNOW RATES AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ WYZ109-110-282330- /O.NEW.KCYS.WS.W.0008.140301T0400Z-140302T1300Z/ CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA... ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 438 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ112-282330- /O.EXT.KCYS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140228T1700Z/ /O.EXT.KCYS.WS.A.0009.140301T0400Z-140302T1300Z/ SIERRA MADRE RANGE- 438 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL END THIS MORNING BUT MORE SNOW ON THE WAY TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON WEST FACING SLOPES. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS DUE TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WYZ114-282330- /O.EXT.KCYS.WS.A.0009.140301T0400Z-140302T1300Z/ SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 438 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW ENDING THIS MORNING...THEN SNOW REDEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE FOOT. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS DUE TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. TRAVEL ACROSS THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
8 follow-up statements
902 WWUS45 KCYS 281659 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 959 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AS A PACIFIC STORM INTERACTS WITH THE ARCTIC AIR MASS. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER EAST CENTRAL WYOMING WHERE A FOOT OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE. STORM TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO FEET LIKELY OVER THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES...AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND INTO THE FERRIS AND SEMINOLE MOUNTAINS. WYZ112-010700- /O.CAN.KCYS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140228T1700Z/ /O.UPG.KCYS.WS.A.0009.140301T0400Z-140302T1300Z/ /O.EXA.KCYS.WS.W.0008.140301T0400Z-140302T1300Z/ SIERRA MADRE RANGE- 959 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON WEST FACING SLOPES. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS DUE TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ114-010700- /O.UPG.KCYS.WS.A.0009.140301T0400Z-140302T1300Z/ /O.EXA.KCYS.WS.W.0008.140301T0400Z-140302T1300Z/ SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 959 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS DUE TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. TRAVEL ACROSS THE SNOWY RANGE WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ002-095-096-WYZ101>110-010700- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0008.140301T0400Z-140302T1300Z/ DAWES-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS... GLENROCK...LUSK...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...GLENDO... WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 959 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. HEAVIEST PERIOD OF SNOW EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND NOON SATURDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH AS MUCH AS 18 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...DROPPING TO 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE WIND CHILLS ALONG COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR LIVESTOCK. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE...AND SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. ADDITIONALLY...HIGH SNOW RATES AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ NEZ003-019>021-WYZ113-115>119-010700- /O.NEW.KCYS.WW.Y.0010.140301T0400Z-140302T1300Z/ BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL- UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING... HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT... RIVERSIDE...LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS... CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 959 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS... WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND FOG LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$ RUBIN
356 WWUS45 KCYS 010428 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 928 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AS A PACIFIC STORM INTERACTS WITH THE ARCTIC AIR MASS. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER EAST CENTRAL WYOMING WHERE A FOOT OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE. STORM TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO FEET ARE LIKELY OVER THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES...AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND INTO THE FERRIS AND SEMINOLE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW IN THIS AREA. NEZ002-095-096-WYZ101>110-011800- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1300Z/ DAWES-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS... GLENROCK...LUSK...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...GLENDO... WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 928 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND NOON SATURDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH AS MUCH AS 18 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...DROPPING TO 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE WIND CHILLS ALONG COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR LIVESTOCK. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE...AND SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. ADDITIONALLY...HIGH SNOW RATES AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ WYZ112-114-011800- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1300Z/ SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 928 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS DUE TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. TRAVEL ACROSS THE SNOWY RANGE WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ003-019>021-WYZ113-115>119-011800- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140302T1300Z/ BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL- UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING... HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT... RIVERSIDE...LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS... CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 928 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES IN SNOW LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE FROM THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SLICK...SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$ RJM
544 WWUS45 KCYS 010907 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 207 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AS A PACIFIC STORM INTERACTS WITH THE ARCTIC AIR MASS. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER EAST CENTRAL WYOMING. STORM TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO FEET ARE LIKELY OVER THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE AND THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE...AS WELL AS THE FERRIS AND SEMINOLE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF RAWLINS. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW IN THIS AREA. WYZ113-011015- /O.CAN.KCYS.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140302T1300Z/ UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...RIVERSIDE 207 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AND PROGNOSIS OVER THE UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER VALLEY MAINLY SHOW A RAIN EVENT THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. ALTHOUGH SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH THE RAINFALL OR COMPLETE CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AT TIMES...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AS THE ARCTIC FRONT WILL REMAIN JUST NORTH OF SARATOGA. $$ NEZ002-095-096-WYZ101>110-012300- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1300Z/ DAWES-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS... GLENROCK...LUSK...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...GLENDO... WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...RAWLINS... SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 207 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND NOON SATURDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH AS MUCH AS 18 TO 24 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...DROPPING TO 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE WIND CHILLS ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR TRAVELERS AND LIVESTOCK. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE...AND SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ WYZ112-114-012300- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1300Z/ SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 207 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES...WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES NEAR CENTENNIAL. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS DUE TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. TRAVEL ACROSS THE SNOWY RANGE WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ003-019>021-WYZ115>119-012300- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140302T1300Z/ BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-LARAMIE VALLEY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING... HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD... PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE... BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 207 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS... WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES IN SNOW LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE FROM THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SLICK...SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$ TT
614 WWUS45 KCYS 011159 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 459 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AS A PACIFIC STORM INTERACTS WITH THE ARCTIC AIR MASS. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER EAST CENTRAL WYOMING. STORM TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO FEET ARE LIKELY OVER THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE AND THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE...AS WELL AS THE FERRIS AND SEMINOLE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF RAWLINS. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW IN THIS AREA. NEZ002-095-096-WYZ101>108-020000- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1300Z/ DAWES-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS... GLENROCK...LUSK...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...GLENDO... WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON 459 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND NOON SATURDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH AS MUCH AS 18 TO 24 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...DROPPING TO 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE WIND CHILLS ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR TRAVELERS AND LIVESTOCK. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE...AND SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ WYZ109-110-112-114-020000- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1300Z/ CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA... ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 459 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE HEAVIEST PERIOD OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER SOUTH...RAIN WILL MIX WITH PERIODS OF SNOW...AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH AS MUCH AS 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. GENERALLY...2 TO 5 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ NEZ003-019>021-WYZ115>119-020000- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140302T1300Z/ BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-LARAMIE VALLEY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING... HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD... PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE... BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 459 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS... WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES IN SNOW LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE FROM THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SLICK...SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$ TT
399 WWUS45 KCYS 011710 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1010 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH THIS EVENING.. .ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A PACIFIC STORM INTERACTS WITH THE ARCTIC AIR MASS. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER EAST CENTRAL WYOMING WHERE 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 FEET OF ACCUMULATION ABOVE 9000 FEET IN THE SOUTHEAST WYOMING MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL WIND DOWN ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR BY THIS EVENING AND EVERYWHERE AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 BELOW ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE TODAY AND TONIGHT. WYZ109-110-020100- /O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1300Z/ /O.EXB.KCYS.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140302T0100Z/ CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA... ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 1010 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SLICK...SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$ NEZ002-095-096-WYZ101>108-020515- /O.EXT.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1000Z/ DAWES-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS... GLENROCK...LUSK...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...GLENDO... WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON 1010 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY 1 TO 2 FEET OVER THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE WIND CHILLS ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR TRAVELERS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ WYZ112-114-020515- /O.EXT.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1000Z/ SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 1010 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ NEZ003-019>021-WYZ115>119-020100- /O.EXT.KCYS.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140302T0100Z/ BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-LARAMIE VALLEY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING... HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD... PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE... BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 1010 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE WIND CHILLS ALONG WITH FALLING SNOW CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR TRAVELERS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...EAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SLICK...SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$ HAHN
690 WWUS45 KCYS 012041 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 141 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER EAST CENTRAL WYOMING AND THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT.. .ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL WYOMING AND THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT AS A PACIFIC STORM INTERACTS WITH THE ARCTIC AIR MASS. SNOW WILL DISSIPATE AFTER MIDNIGHT. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 BELOW ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT. NEZ003-019>021-020900- /O.CAN.KCYS.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140302T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WC.Y.0009.140302T0100Z-140302T1600Z/ BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING... HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD 141 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...THESE WIND CHILLS CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR TRAVELERS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK. TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT TONIGHT. ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SLICK FROM EARLIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS 20 TO 29 DEGREE RANGE FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREMITIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. && $$ WYZ109-110-115>119-012145- /O.CAN.KCYS.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140302T0100Z/ CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-LARAMIE VALLEY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA... ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD... PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE... BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 141 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY...THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NEZ002-095-096-020900- /O.NEW.KCYS.WC.Y.0009.140302T1000Z-140302T1600Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1000Z/ DAWES-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...HARRISON...AGATE 141 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM MST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILLS VALUES THIS COLD COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR TRAVELERS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS 20 TO 29 DEGREE RANGE FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREMITIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. && $$ WYZ101>108-020900- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1000Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...MUDDY GAP... MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON 141 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...AFTER A LULL THIS AFTERNOON...WILL SEE ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW DEVELOP THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL DISSIPATE AFTER MIDNIGHT * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER EAST CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES FOR MOST PLACES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE WIND CHILLS ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR TRAVELERS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILLS VALUES THIS COLD COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR TRAVELERS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ WYZ112-114-020900- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1000Z/ SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 141 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ NEZ054-055-020900- /O.NEW.KCYS.WC.Y.0009.140302T0100Z-140302T1600Z/ KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KIMBALL...SIDNEY 141 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...THESE WIND CHILLS CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR TRAVELERS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK. TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT TONIGHT. ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SLICK FROM EARLIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS 20 TO 29 DEGREE RANGE FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREMITIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. && $$ HAHN
517 WWUS45 KCYS 020355 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 855 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...SNOW TO CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING TONIGHT WITH DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.. .ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AS A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVES OVERHEAD. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 BELOW ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT. NEZ002-095-096-021600- /O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KCYS.WC.Y.0009.140302T0355Z-140302T1600Z/ DAWES-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...HARRISON...AGATE 855 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...THESE WIND CHILLS CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR TRAVELERS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK. TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT TONIGHT. ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SLICK FROM EARLIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS 20 TO 29 DEGREE RANGE FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREMITIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. && $$ WYZ101>108-020500- /O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1000Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...MUDDY GAP... MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON 855 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE MAIN IMPACT OF THE STORM HAS ENDED...WITH ONLY PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE...WILL CANCEL THE WARNING. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. $$ WYZ112-114-021000- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1000Z/ SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 855 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 15 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ NEZ003-019>021-054-055-021600- /O.CON.KCYS.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140302T1600Z/ BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING... HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY 855 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...THESE WIND CHILLS CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR TRAVELERS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK. TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT TONIGHT. ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SLICK FROM EARLIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS 20 TO 29 DEGREE RANGE FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREMITIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. && $$ RJM
897 WWUS45 KCYS 020637 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1137 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TONIGHT.. WYZ112-114-020745- /O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140302T1000Z/ SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 1137 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... SNOWFALL ACROSS THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES HAS TAPERED OFF TO FLURRIES OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-021600- /O.CON.KCYS.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140302T1600Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE 1137 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...THESE WIND CHILLS CAN CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR TRAVELERS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK. TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT TONIGHT. ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SLICK FROM EARLIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WIND CHILL IS THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS COMBINED WITH THE WIND SPEED. WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS 20 TO 29 DEGREE RANGE FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE PARTS OF THE BODY ARE THE EXTREMITIES SUCH AS FINGERS...TOES...EAR LOBES...OR THE TIP OF THE NOSE. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 28, 4:12 AM MST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 4:12 AM MST, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
412 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014
WINTER STORM FOR THE FIRST DAY OF METEOROLOGICAL SPRING IS STILL ON
TRACK TO IMPACT THE AREA. TO THIS POINT THE PIECES ARE COMING
TOGETHER AS THE MODELS HAVE BEEN SUGGESTING THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS.
THE PACIFIC SYSTEM IS NOW MOVING ON TO THE CALIFORNIA COAST AND WILL
MOVE INLAND TODAY AND INTO THE PLAINS SATURDAY. THE OTHER PIECE...
THE ACTRIC AIR MASS...IS ABOUT MAKE ITS INITIAL MOVE INTO NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE CWA IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AND THEN QUICKLY SHIFT
SOUTH...ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THIS MORNING. SOME
PLACES WILL SEE A QUICK BUMP IN TEMPERATURES AS THE FRONT MIXES
OUT BOUNDARY LAYER BUT WILL THEN LEVEL OFF AND FALL. THE FRONT
WILL LAY UP ALONG THE LARAMIE RANGE AND STALL OUT THIS AFTERNOON
BUT THE MAIN SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL COME TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES
SHOULD MODERATE SOMEWHAT TODAY BEHIND THE FRONT THEN VERY COLD
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TOMORROW. THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA
WILL BE THE BATTLE GROUND BETWEEN VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR AND MILD
PACIFIC AIR TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WILL SEE NEARLY A 50 DEGREE
TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BAGGS WY AND CHADRON NE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
A SHOT OF LIGHT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE
COLD FRONT. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL WITH A DUSTING OF SNOW FOR
MOST PLACES AN UPWARDS OF AN INCH OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
INTO NORTHERN COUNTIES. THE MAIN EVENT WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL THIS
EVENING AS PACIFIC MOISTURE STREAMS INTO SOUTHEAST WYOMING...WITH
SNOW CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE STARTING TO WIND
DOWN...ALTHOUGH LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT. MADE A FEW CHANGES TO THE HEADLINES. UPGRADED THE WINTER
STORM WATCH TO A WARNING AND ADDED THE RAWLINS TO ARLINGTON AREAS
INTO THE WARNING. THOSE AREAS LOOK A BIT MORE MARGINAL BUT GIVEN THE
AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE...THERE SHOULD BE A PERIOD
OF INTENSE HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES
UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR THE SIERRA RANGE WITH A WINTER STORM
WATCH FOR TONIGHT. SNOWY RANGE ALSO IN A WATCH. MOST LIKELY WILL
UPGRADE THESE MOUNTAINS TO A WARNING LATER TODAY. THE SIERRA RANGE
SHOULD TAKE THE BRUNT OF THE SNOW TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS MOIST
SOUTHWEST UPSLOPE FLOW BANKS UP ALONG THE MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW RANGE
COULD GET SHADOWED...SIMILAR AS TONIGHT...BUT THE MODEL ARE SHOWING
A DEEP LAYER OF MOISTURE WITH VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES...SO EVEN THE
SNOWY RANGE SHOULD SEE A DECENT SHOT OF SNOW TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
IN FACT THUNDER SNOW IS A GOOD BET FOR SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY
LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON GIVEN NEAR ADIABATIC LAPSE
RATES.
THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW EXACTLY WILL THE MOIST UNSTABLE PACIFIC AIR
MASS AND COLD ARCTIC AIR INTERACT. IS SEEMS LIKE A GREAT SETUP FOR
HEAVY SNOW EVEN THROUGH THE UPPER LEVEL FORCING WILL NOT BE ALL THAT
GREAT AS THE MAIN UPPER LOW WILL BE WELL TO THE SOUTH AND THE UPPER
JET TO THE EAST. MANY TIMES IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION THE MODELS
OVERDO THE PRECIPITATION...BUT BASED ON MOIST UNSTABLE AIR AND
STRONG MIDLEVEL THETAE ADVECTION...THIS TIME SHOULD BE DIFFERENT.
ALSO THE MODELS ARE PAINTING STRONG LOW TO MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS
AND FAVORABLE UPSLOPE EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE IN PLACE.
CURRENT THINKING IS THE STRONG MIDLEVEL FORCING AND FETCH OF
UNSTABLE AIR WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AND IT COULD BE
VERY HEAVY FOR PERIOD LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. VERY WELL
COULD SEE FEEDER BANDS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WY...PUMPING
MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE EASTWARD. IF THAT HAPPENS...SNOW RATES
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WOULD BE POSSIBLE. ALSO OF NOTE...NAM AND
GFS BUFKIT SOUNDING SHOWING A DEEP DENDRITIC LAYER EMBEDDED WITHIN
STRONG UPWARD VERTICAL VELOCITIES TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...
WHICH IS SUPPORTIVE OF LARGE FLUFFY SNOW FLAKES. THIS IS MOST
NOTABLE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO EAST CENTRAL
WY.
ALTHOUGH SNOW IS THE MAIN CONCERN...COULD ALSO SEE A PERIOD OF
FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING OVER THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
AND INTO LARAMIE COUNTY IN WY. MID LEVELS WILL BE DRY INITIALLY IN
THESE AREAS WHILE NEAR THE SURFACE WILL BE SATURATED UNDER WEAK
UPSLOPE FLOW. THE THREAT OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DIMINISH INTO THE
OVERNIGHT AS COLDER LOW LEVEL AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH AND THE MID
LEVELS BEGIN TO SATURATE. MOST LIKELY WILL NEED WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES FOR MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA NOT CURRENTLY
UNDER A WINTER STORM WATCHE OR WARNING.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014
SOME LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER MTNS
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AS MOISTURE IN WESTERLY FLOW
RIDES UP THE WEST SLOPES. OTHERWISE WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL PUSH
EAST OVER THE PLAINS AS THE SFC FRONT RETREATS EASTWARD SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY. A MILD AND MAINLY DRY PATTERN THEN EXPECTED FOR
THE MID PART OF THE WEEK THOUGH A PASSING UPPER SHORTWAVE SHOULD
ENHANCE SNOW SHOWERS A BIT OVER THE MTNS AND MAYBE PARTS OF THE
PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT. QUITE MILD TEMPERATURES BY WEDS WITH AN
UPPER RIDGE TRANSLATING ACROSS THROUGH WEDS NIGHT. NEXT UPPER
SHORTWAVE WILL COME OFF THE PACIFIC EARLY THURSDAY AND MAY SPREAD
A FEW SNOW SHOWERS OVER FAR WESTERN PARTS OF THE CWA BY THE END OF
THE DAY.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 330 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014
VFR INITIALLY OVER MOST TERMINALS THIS MORNING THOUGH SOME MVFR
CIGS AROUND KRWL. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA AND MOISTURE
INCREASES ALOFT WITH FAIRLY WIDESPREAD MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED BY TONIGHT...CONTINUING SATURDAY.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 330 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014
PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH ARCTIC AIR TO PRODUCE SNOW
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD WILL DEVELOP
TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL
WYOMING. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
&&
.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY
FOR WYZ101>110.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
FOR WYZ112-114.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR WYZ112.
NE...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY
FOR NEZ002-095-096.
&&
SHORT TERM...SML
LONG TERM...RE
AVIATION...RE
FIRE WEATHER...SMLHazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 4:35 AM MST, 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 435 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 NEZ003-019>021-054-055-WYZ111-113-115>119-011200- BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN- LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- 435 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE NEZ002-095-096-WYZ101>110-112-114-011200- DAWES-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- 435 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS ALONG WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 9:59 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie | 28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.