Alert archive / Wyoming / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm warning at Jan 3, 2015, 1:29 AM MST for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 3, 2015, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 66 hr. 24 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 3, 2015, 1:29 AM MST (08:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2015, 8:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2015, 1:44 AM MST
- In force
- 66 hr
- 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 08:32 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 4, 2:32 AM MST | SNOW 0 | Arlington, WY | LATEST WYDOT WEBCAM AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT ARLINGTON. VISIBILITY SENSOR REPORTING VISIBILITY UNDER A HALF MILE WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 48 MPH. |
| Jan 4, 3:11 AM MST | SNOW 0 | Arlington, WY | WYDOT SITE AT ARLINGTON AND LATEST WEBCAM PHOTO SHOWING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT ARLINGTON. VISIBILITIES REPORTED FROM MIDNIGHT TO 3AM REPORTED VISIBILITIES BETWEEN 1/4 MILE AND 1 MILE WITH WIND GUSTS 35 TO 50MPH. |
| Jan 4, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 14 E Dixon, WY | BATTLE MOUNTAIN SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 7440 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.2 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Jan 4, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 10 Sw Encampment, WY | LITTLE SNAKE RIVER SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8915 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.2 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 20 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Jan 4, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 10 Wsw Encampment, WY | OLD BATTLE SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 10000 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.2 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 20 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Jan 4, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 8 Wsw Encampment, WY | WEBBER SPRINGS SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 9250 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.2 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 20 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Jan 4, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 10 Ssw Arlington, WY | SAND LAKE SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10050 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 20 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Jan 4, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 11 Sse Encampment, WY | BLACKHALL MOUNTAIN SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 9820 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 20 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Jan 4, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 16 Ene Riverside, WY | SOUTH BRUSH CREEK SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 8440 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 20 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Jan 4, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 20 Wnw Encampment, WY | DIVIDE PEAK SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8880 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 20 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Jan 4, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 21 Sse Elk Mountain, WY | MEDICINE BOW SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10500 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 20 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Jan 4, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 24 W Saratoga, WY | SAGE CREEK BASIN SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 7850 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 20 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Jan 4, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 2 Sw Hog Park Reservoir, WY | WHISKEY PARK SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8950 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 20 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Jan 4, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 8 | 12 W Centennial, WY | NORTH FRENCH CREEK SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10130 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.4 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 20 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 23 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 0.2 | 12 W Centennial, WY | NORTH FRENCH CREEK SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10130 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.2 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 8 Wsw Encampment, WY | WEBBER SPRINGS SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 9250 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.2 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 10 Ssw Arlington, WY | SAND LAKE SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10050 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 10 Sw Encampment, WY | LITTLE SNAKE RIVER SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8915 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 10 Wsw Encampment, WY | OLD BATTLE SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 10000 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 11 Sse Encampment, WY | BLACKHALL MOUNTAIN SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 9820 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 21 Sse Elk Mountain, WY | MEDICINE BOW SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10500 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Sw Hog Park Reservoir, WY | WHISKEY PARK SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8950 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 6 Sw Centennial, WY | CINNABAR PARK SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 9574 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 7.5 | 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 15 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 24 HOURS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 1370 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
681 WWUS45 KCYS 030829 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 129 AM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY...PROLONGED HEAVY SNOW/WINDS FOR THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES TODAY THROUGH MONDAY... .A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH FROM NORTHERN WYOMING THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE TO THE COLORADO/WYOMING STATE BY MID MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS. COMBINATIONS OF GUSTY WINDS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS ON AREA ROADS ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. MEANWHILE...A PROLONGED SNOW EVENT COMBINED WITH INCREASINGLY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES AS WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON THAT WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY. WYZ110-112-114-040000- /O.NEW.KCYS.WS.W.0001.150103T1500Z-150105T1500Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...CENTENNIAL... ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 129 AM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASINGLY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL GET STRONGER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES IN THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL INCREASE SUNDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WIND COULD BE 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND STATE ROADS INTO THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO ROAD CLOSURES. 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. && $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119- 040000- /O.NEW.KCYS.WW.Y.0001.150103T1500Z-150104T0000Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 129 AM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...8 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES FOR AREAS EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 80 FROM THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 80 SUMMIT AND INTERSTATE 25 FROM THE COLORADO BORDER TO DOUGLAS WILL BE IMPACTED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE LIKELY FOR ALL STATE HIGHWAYS FROM THE LARAMIE RANGE INTO THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$
7 follow-up statements
039 WWUS45 KCYS 032205 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 305 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ENDING THIS EVENING EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE... ...PROLONGED SNOW AND STRONG WINDS FOR THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES TODAY THROUGH MONDAY... .A COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING. MEANWHILE...A PROLONGED SNOW EVENT COMBINED WITH STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES AS WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON THAT WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. WYZ110-112-114-041200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1500Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...CENTENNIAL... ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 305 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGER SUNDAY AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH SUNDAY. SUNDAY NIGHT...WINDS COULD BE 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND STATE ROADS INTO THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO ROAD CLOSURES. 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. && $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119- 040100- /O.EXT.KCYS.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T0100Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 305 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE PINE RIDGE IN THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 80 FROM THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 80 SUMMIT AND INTERSTATE 25 FROM THE COLORADO BORDER TO DOUGLAS WILL BE IMPACTED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE LIKELY FOR ALL STATE HIGHWAYS FROM THE LARAMIE RANGE INTO THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS. && $$ JAMSKI
649 WWUS45 KCYS 040055 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 555 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...PROLONGED SNOW AND STRONG WINDS FOR THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES TODAY THROUGH MONDAY... .A PROLONGED SNOW EVENT COMBINED WITH STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES AS WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON THAT WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119- 040200- /O.EXP.KCYS.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T0100Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 555 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... SNOW HAS DECREASED TO JUST A FEW FLURRIES WHILE WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY STILL PERSIST EARLY THIS EVENING. $$ WYZ110-112-114-041200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1500Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...CENTENNIAL... ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 555 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGER SUNDAY AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH SUNDAY. SUNDAY NIGHT...WINDS COULD BE 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND STATE ROADS INTO THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO ROAD CLOSURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$
043 WWUS45 KCYS 040754 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1254 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...PROLONGED SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS FOR THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A PROLONGED SNOW EVENT COMBINED WITH STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES AS WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON THAT WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. WYZ110-112-114-050000- /O.EXT.KCYS.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1200Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...CENTENNIAL... ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 1254 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGER SUNDAY AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH BY NOON TODAY. TONIGHT...WINDS COULD BE 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 85 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND STATE ROADS INTO THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO ROAD CLOSURES. 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. && $$
541 WWUS45 KCYS 042120 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 220 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE FOR THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .MODERATE TO HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOWS WILL PERSIST OVER THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE ON MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. WYZ110-112-114-051215- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1200Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...CENTENNIAL... ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 220 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGES. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS MAY GUST IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH AT TIMES ON MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND STATE ROADS INTO THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO ROAD CLOSURES. 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. && $$ HAMMER
552 WWUS45 KCYS 050826 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 126 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE FOR THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .MODERATE TO HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOWS WILL PERSIST OVER THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE TODAY WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. WYZ110-112-114-060000- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1200Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...CENTENNIAL... ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 126 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGES. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS MAY GUST IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND STATE ROADS INTO THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO ROAD CLOSURES. 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. && $$ RUBIN
741 WWUS45 KCYS 051742 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1042 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE FOR THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .MODERATE TO HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOWS WILL PERSIST OVER THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGES THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE TODAY WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. INTERSTATE 80 HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO WINTER CONDITIONS BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS. WYZ110-112-114-061200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1200Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...CENTENNIAL... ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 1042 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 15 INCHES IN THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGES. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS MAY GUST IN EXCESS OF 85 MPH AT TIMES TODAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND STATE ROADS INTO THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. INTERSTATE 80 HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO WINTER CONDITIONS IN THE ARLINGTON AREA BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS. 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. && $$ HAMMER
928 WWUS45 KCYS 060844 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 144 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 WYZ110-112-114-060945- /O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1200Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...CENTENNIAL... ALBANY...WOODS LANDING 144 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WINDS AND SNOW HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY TONIGHT WITH OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE AREA SHOWING MINIMAL BLOWING SNOW. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTING 40 TO 50 MPH OVERNIGHT WHICH MAY PRODUCE PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...HOWEVER WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA. $$
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 Jan 2, 9:30 PM MST, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 9:30 PM MST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 930 PM MST FRI JAN 2 2015 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 930 PM MST FRI JAN 2 2015 WE HAD SOME AREAS OF DENSE FOG FORM UP IN THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER VALLEY EARLIER THIS EVENING AND ISSUES A DENSE FOG ADVISORY ROUGHLY FROM THE TORRINGTON AREA SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE GERING...SCOTTSBLUFF...AND BRIDGEPORT AREAS. THICKEST FOG IS LIKELY NEAR THE RIVER...BUT THE FOG MAY BECOME A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD GIVEN LIGHT WINDS AND GROUND MOISTURE. WE EXPECT THE FOG TO START TO LIFT TOWARDS 4 AM WHEN WESTERLY WINDS PICK UP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. OTHERWISE...MADE A FEW TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENTS. CHEYENNE'S TEMPERATURE HAS HELD NEARLY STEADY AND GIVEN WEST DOWNSLOPING WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH IT MAY NOT GET DOWN INTO THE TEENS AS THE FRONT IS JUST NOW MAKING ITS WAY INTO SOUTHERN MONTANA...SO SOME FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPERATURES WILL BE MADE BEFORE 10 PM. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST WYOMING BETWEEN DAYBREAK AND 10 AM...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM...GIVEN INCREASED TRAVEL THROUGH THE REGION OF PEOPLE RETURNING FROM THE HOLIDAYS...WE ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO TRAVELLERS TOMORROW. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 259 PM MST FRI JAN 2 2015 THE LLVL GRADIENT HAS INCREASED TO AROUND 40-45 METERS THIS AFTN ACROSS SOUTHEAST WY. GETTING A FEW GUSTS TO 35-40 MPH IN THE ARLINGTON AND BORDEAUX AREAS. NOT EXPECTING THE WINDS TO INCREASE MUCH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AS THE GRADIENT WILL STAY RATHER CONSTANT. FOCUS FOR SATURDAY SHIFTS TO THE SNOWFALL EVENT THAT WILL IMPACT THE AREA DURING THE MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THE MODELS HAVE REMAINED REALLY CONSISTENT OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AT SHOWING A VERY PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE DIVING SOUTHEASTWARD OVER CENTRAL WY ON SATURDAY. LARGE SCALE QG ASCENT INCREASES ACROSS THE CWA BY MID-MORNING BEHIND THE FROPA. THERE IS A 6-9 HR WINDOW WHERE UPWARD MOTION IS DECENT IN THE DENDRITE GROWTH ZONE. THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY KEEP SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BELOW 3 INCHES ACROSS MOST LOWER ELEVATION LOCATIONS. THE SIERRA MADRE AND SNOWY RANGES WILL SEE 4-6 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTN BEHIND THE FROPA. A LOOK AT SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE PLAINS SHOWS THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS TO 30-35 MPH OVER AREAS TO THE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTS TO 40 MPH. CONTEMPLATED ISSUING A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE (WHERE WINDS ARE HIGHEST) HOWEVER FEEL THAT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND DURATION ARE TOO MARGINAL. WILL CARRY AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN THE GRIDS AND MENTION IN THE HWO. SNOW COMES TO AN END SHORTLY AFTER 00Z SUN AND WINDS DECREASE. LOWS WILL BE QUITE COLD ON SAT NIGHT WITH THE COLDEST READINGS OVER THE PANHANDLE. WIND CHILL VALUES APPROACH -20F OUT THERE SO MAY NEED AN ADVISORY LATER. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IS IN PLACE FOR SUNDAY. SFC TROUGH SETS UP DURING THE DAY ALONG INTERSTATE 80 FROM LARAMIE TO RAWLINS WITH HIGHER PRESSURES ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. DID DECREASE WINDSPEEDS ALONG THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND NEAR BORDEAUX AS THE PRESSURE PATTERN DOES NOT LOOK AS CONDUCIVE FOR HIGH WINDS TO THE EAST OF ALBANY COUNTY. ARLINGTON ON THE OTHER HAND MAY SEE GUSTS TO 50-55 MPH AS THE CAG-CPR GRADIENT RISES TO 55 METERS. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN ARLINGTON. SHORTWAVE MOVING OVER THE DAKOTAS DURING THE EVENING WILL CAUSE ANOTHER FRONT TO BACK INTO THE PANHANDLE. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 259 PM MST FRI JAN 2 2015 STRONG WINDS LOOK LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN THE WIND FAVORED AREAS LATER SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LATEST NAM PROGGING 70KTS SPEEDS AT 700MB OVER THE SRN LARAMIE RANGE. FAVORABLE DOWNWARD MOTION LOOKS TO BE IN THIS AREA AS WELL...POSSIBLY SPREADING INTO THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS FOR A SHORT TIME MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL EASE SLOWLY DURING THE DAY MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. AFTER THAT THE UPPER PATTERN WILL BE ESTABLISHED WITH A GENERALLY WNW FLOW ALOFT OVER THE AREA. THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF SURGES OF COLDER AIR DROP OUT OF CANADA DOWN THE PLAINS...LIKELY DELIVERING BRIEF SHOTS OF COLDER AIR TO THE PLAINS BEFORE RETREATING...SO TEMPS WILL BE RATHER UP AND DOWN NEXT WEEK. NO SIGNIFICANT PCPN WITH PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS MAINLY AFFECTING THE MTNS EARLY IN THE WEEK. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY MORNING) ISSUED 930 PM MST FRI JAN 2 2015 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SCOTTSBLUFF WHERE PERIODS OF LIFR IN FOG WILL BE SEEN THROUGH 09Z...VFR EXPECTED UNTIL CONDITIONS START DETERIORATING 12-18Z FROM NW TO SE ONCE A COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS WITH CIGS LOWERING AND LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING. GENERALLY EXPECT LIFR AT ALL AIRPORTS BY 18Z IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS WILL START TO LIFT 00-03Z ON SUNDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 259 PM MST FRI JAN 2 2015 NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2-3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. WITH THE COOL TEMPERATURES CONTINUING...SNOW COVER WILL REMAIN ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM MST SATURDAY FOR WYZ108. NE...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM MST SATURDAY FOR NEZ019>021-096. && UPDATE...JG SHORT TERM...ZF LONG TERM...RE AVIATION...RE FIRE WEATHER...ZF
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 1:17 PM MST, 12 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 117 PM MST FRI JAN 2 2015 WYZ101>119-032030- 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- 117 PM MST FRI JAN 2 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2-3 INCHES ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 4-6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 30-35 MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY FROM LARAMIE TO RAWLINS. GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE ARLINGTON AREA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL THEN SPREAD TO THE REST OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING ON MONDAY WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE MAINLY IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS. WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW COULD IMPACT TRAVEL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-032030- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- 117 PM MST FRI JAN 2 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2-3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 30-35 MPH CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.
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Special weather statement, Jan 2, 8:36 PM MST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 836 PM MST FRI JAN 2 2015 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-031200- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- 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-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...MUDDY GAP... MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON... ELK MOUNTAIN...BAGGS...DIXON...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT... RIVERSIDE...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 836 PM MST FRI JAN 2 2015 ...MORE SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND BLUSTERY WEATHER EXPECTED ON SATURDAY FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA ON SATURDAY BRINGING PERIODS OF SNOW TO THE REGION. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA SATURDAY MORNING AND WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING SATURDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...FORECASTERS ARE EXPECTING MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS BY SATURDAY NIGHT. WHILE THIS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM...TRAVELLERS ACROSS THE REGION COULD STILL SEE IMPACTS IN THE FORM OF SLICK ROADWAYS AND PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ON SATURDAY. IF TRAVELING BY VEHICLE...BE SURE TO HAVE A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT...AND IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY SHOULD CHECK ROAD CONDITIONS AND THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE DEPARTURE. MONITOR NEWS MEDIA BROADCASTS AND CHECK YOUR NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION REGARDING SATURDAY'S WINTER WEATHER. ON THE INTERNET...FOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN WYOMING GO TO WWW.WYOROAD.INFO FOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN NEBRASKA GO TO WWW.TRANSPORTATION.NEBRASKA.GOV FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BY PHONE...DIAL 5 1 1.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 7:20 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | CYS | Goshen | 6 hr |
| Jan 3, 1:29 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | Albany, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara, Platte | 17 hr |
| Jan 3, 1:43 AM MST | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Laramie, Platte | 14 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:13 PM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara and 1 more | 58 hr |
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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.