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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Cheyenne, WY

January 24, 2015Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 24, 2:00 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 56Bordeaux, WYSUSTAINED WINDS OF 33 TO 45 MPH OVER THE PAST HOUR.
Jan 24, 3:55 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 62Bordeaux, WYSUSTAINED 39 TO 51 MPH OVER THE PAST 30 MINUTES.
Jan 24, 4:25 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 67Bordeaux, WYGUST TO 64 MPH AT 0400L. SUSTAINED WINDS 42 TO 51 MPH OVER PAST HOUR.
Jan 24, 5:05 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 63Bordeaux, WYSUSTAINED AT 51 MPH. GUST TO 67 MPH AT 450AM.
Jan 24, 5:20 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 689 S Wheatland, WYTHIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 56 MPH.
Jan 24, 6:10 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 629 S Wheatland, WYTHIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 48 MPH.
Jan 24, 6:25 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 628 S Chugwater, WYTHIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BEAR CREEK. SUSTAINED WIND 40 MPH.
Jan 24, 7:10 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 629 S Wheatland, WYTHIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 52 MPH.
Jan 24, 7:15 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 679 S Wheatland, WYTHIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 52 MPH.
Jan 24, 7:35 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 699 S Wheatland, WYTHIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 53 MPH.
Jan 24, 7:45 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 689 S Wheatland, WYTHIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 55 MPH.
Jan 24, 8:45 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 599 S Wheatland, WYTHIS IS WYDOT SITE OF BORDEAUX. SUSTAINED WIND 45 MPH.
Jan 24, 9:10 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 619 S Wheatland, WYTHIS 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2015-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2015-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.