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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Cheyenne, WY

February 19, 2015Albany County, Carbon County, Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm watch at Feb 19, 2015, 2:45 PM MST for Albany County, Carbon County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It took effect at Feb 20, 2015, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2015, 2:45 PM MST (21:45 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2015, 5:00 PM MST
Expired
Feb 20, 2015, 1:52 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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 Feb 19, 9:59 AM MST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 9:59 AM MST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 2:45 PM MST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
245 PM MST THU FEB 19 2015

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-202145-
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-
245 PM MST THU FEB 19 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEBRASKA...EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND
SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA FROM FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS
OF SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 80. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS.
MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.

JAMSKI

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.