Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2015
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Jan 7, 2015, 1:10 PM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 7, 2015, 9:00 PM MST. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2015, 1:10 PM MST (20:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2015, 9:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2015, 4:55 AM MST
- In force
- 8 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 20:15 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
046 WWUS75 KCYS 072010 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 110 PM MST WED JAN 7 2015 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR WIND PRONE AREAS TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS EVENING WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING FOR THE WIND PRONE AREAS TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE ARLINGTON AREA BY LATE EVENING...THEN SPREAD TO THE BORDEAUX AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. WYZ106-110-081200- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0003.150108T0400Z-150108T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0002.150108T0400Z-150108T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 110 PM MST WED JAN 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM MST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNSET AND BECOME STRONG FIRST THROUGH THE ARLINGTON AREA...SPREADING TO THE BORDEAUX AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN WALCOTT JUNCTION AND LARAMIE AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 25 SOUTH OF WHEATLAND NEAR BORDEAUX COULD BE IMPACTED. STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWOVERS OF HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ JAMSKI
2 follow-up statements
381 WWUS75 KCYS 081001 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 301 AM MST THU JAN 8 2015 WYZ106-110-081500- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150108T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 301 AM MST THU JAN 8 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE ARLINGTON AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR JUST BEFORE SUNRISE THIS MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN WALCOTT JUNCTION AND LARAMIE AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 25 SOUTH OF WHEATLAND NEAR BORDEAUX COULD BE IMPACTED. STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWOVERS OF HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$
916 WWUS75 KCYS 081155 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 455 AM MST THU JAN 8 2015 WYZ106-110-081300- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150108T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 455 AM MST THU JAN 8 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WESTERLY WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED EARLY THIS MORNING AS AN ARCTIC FRONT ACROSS MONTANA IS MOVING SOUTH INTO WYOMING. WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST UP TO 40 MPH BEFORE BECOMING NORTHERLY THIS AFTERNOON. $$ TT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:13 AM MST | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 10 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Wyoming, 2015Every high wind warning in 2015
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.