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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY

January 8, 2014Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm watch at Jan 8, 2014, 12:51 PM MST for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 9, 2014, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 2014, 12:51 PM MST (19:51 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 9, 2014, 5:00 PM MST
Expired
Jan 9, 2014, 3:33 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Jan 8, 11:00 AM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 11:00 AM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 6:45 AM MST, 6 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
645 AM MST WED JAN 8 2014

WYZ101>119-091345-
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-SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-
SIERRA MADRE RANGE-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE-
LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
645 AM MST WED JAN 8 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...
SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG WILL OCCUR THROUGH MIDMORNING MAINLY IN THE NORTH
PLATTE RIVER VALLEY AND NEARBY LOCATIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE
REDUCED TO ONE HALF TO ONE QUARTER MILE IN THE FOG.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL OCCUR IN THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE
MOUNTAINS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION LOOK LIKELY THROUGH THIS TIME.

STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE WIND PRONE
AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MORE
WIDESPREAD AND STRONGER HIGH WIND EVENT IS TAKING SHAPE FOR SUNDAY
AND MONDAY. WIDESPREAD WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING
70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS...WITH 60 TO 70 MPH GUSTS
POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH THAT TIME.

.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

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-091345-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
645 AM MST WED JAN 8 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG WILL OCCUR THROUGH MIDMORNING MAINLY IN NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED
TO ONE QUARTER TO ONE MILE IN THE FOG.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A WIDESPREAD AND STRONG HIGH WIND EVENT IS TAKING SHAPE FOR
SUNDAY AND MONDAY. LATEST FORECAST GUIDANCE INDICATES WIDESPREAD
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
FOR MOST OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THAT TIME.

.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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 8, 7:27 AM MST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 12:39 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchCYSAlbany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Wyoming, 2014Every winter storm watch in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.