Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2015
High Wind Warning 5, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Jan 24, 2015, 1:30 AM MST for Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 24, 2015, 2:00 AM MST. It was in force for 11 hr. 13 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
- Jan 24, 2015, 1:30 AM MST (08:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 24, 2015, 2:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2015, 1:25 PM MST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED WINDS OF 33 TO 45 MPH OVER THE PAST HOUR. |
| Jan 24, 3:55 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED 39 TO 51 MPH OVER THE PAST 30 MINUTES. |
| Jan 24, 4:25 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | Bordeaux, WY | GUST TO 64 MPH AT 0400L. SUSTAINED WINDS 42 TO 51 MPH OVER PAST HOUR. |
| Jan 24, 5:05 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Bordeaux, WY | SUSTAINED AT 51 MPH. GUST TO 67 MPH AT 450AM. |
| Jan 24, 5:20 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 9 S Wheatland, WY | THIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 56 MPH. |
| Jan 24, 6:10 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 9 S Wheatland, WY | THIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 48 MPH. |
| Jan 24, 6:25 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 8 S Chugwater, WY | THIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BEAR CREEK. SUSTAINED WIND 40 MPH. |
| Jan 24, 7:10 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 9 S Wheatland, WY | THIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 52 MPH. |
| Jan 24, 7:15 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 9 S Wheatland, WY | THIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 52 MPH. |
| Jan 24, 7:35 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 9 S Wheatland, WY | THIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 53 MPH. |
| Jan 24, 7:45 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 9 S Wheatland, WY | THIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 55 MPH. |
| Jan 24, 8:45 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 9 S Wheatland, WY | THIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 45 MPH. |
| Jan 24, 9:10 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 9 S Wheatland, WY | THIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 46 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 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
- 2415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
639 WWUS75 KCYS 240830 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 130 AM MST SAT JAN 24 2015 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY IN THE BORDEAUX AREA TODAY... .WINDS HAVE STRENGTHENED CONSIDERABLY ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND THIS MORNING. EXPECT WESTERLY WINDS TO INCREASE FURTHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. WYZ106-250000- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0005.150124T0900Z-150125T0000Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX 130 AM MST SAT JAN 24 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND WILL BE IMPACTED. STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL ENHANCE THE BLOWOVER RISK FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE 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. && $$ HAMMER
2 follow-up statements
620 WWUS75 KCYS 241233 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 533 AM MST SAT JAN 24 2015 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE AT BORDEAUX TODAY... .VERY STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND. DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS HAVE PROMPTED THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CLOSE INTERSTATE 25 TO LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND WHEATLAND. THE THREAT FOR STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE EVENING. WYZ106-242045- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150125T0000Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX 533 AM MST SAT JAN 24 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND WILL BE IMPACTED. STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL ENHANCE THE BLOWOVER RISK FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS CLOSED INTERSTATE 25 TO LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND WHEATLAND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ HAMMER
934 WWUS75 KCYS 242025 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 125 PM MST SAT JAN 24 2015 WYZ106-242130- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150125T0000Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX 125 PM MST SAT JAN 24 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE BEEN ON THE STEADY DECLINE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD REMAIN BELOW HIGH WIND LEVELS THROUGH THE EVENING SO WILL GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THE WARNING. HOWEVER...GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH REMAIN A POSSIBILITY SO TRAVELERS ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION IN THIS AREA. $$ RJM
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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.