Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 15, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Apr 5, 2016, 2:52 PM MDT for Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 6 hr. 26 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
- Apr 5, 2016, 2:52 PM MDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 8 S Chugwater, WY | 44 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 3:05 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 16 Wsw Cheyenne, WY | 46 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 3:10 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 8 S Chugwater, WY | 45 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 3:10 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 16 E Horse Creek, WY | 49 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 3:15 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 10 Wsw Cheyenne, WY | 49 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 3:21 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 13 Wnw Laramie, WY | 41 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 3:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 16 Wsw Cheyenne, WY | 42 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 3:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 16 E Horse Creek, WY | 49 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 3:52 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Vedauwoo, WY | 42 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 3:53 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Cheyenne, WY | |
| Apr 5, 3:58 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Warren Af Base, WY | 41 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 4:14 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Warren Af Base, WY | 42 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 4:15 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Pine Bluffs, WY | 41 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 4:15 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 16 E Horse Creek, WY | 43 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 4:15 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 16 Wsw Cheyenne, WY | 44 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 4:15 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 10 Sw Cheyenne, WY | 32 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 4:20 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 10 Wsw Cheyenne, WY | 42 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 4:58 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Warren Af Base, WY | 32 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 5:01 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 1 Ese Buford, WY | 41 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 5:05 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 49 | 16 E Horse Creek, WY | 41 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 5:05 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 10 Wsw Cheyenne, WY | 41 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 5:05 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 16 Wsw Cheyenne, WY | 42 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 5:06 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 15 Nne Centennial, WY | 39 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 6:20 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 16 Wsw Cheyenne, WY | 48 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 6:25 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 10 Wsw Cheyenne, WY | 42 MPH SUSTAINED |
| Apr 5, 7:36 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | 1 Ene Buford, WY | 34 MPH SUSTAINED |
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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 2592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
033 WWUS75 KCYS 052052 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 252 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE INTERSTATE 80 SUMMIT BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING... WYZ116-117-060300- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0015.160405T2052Z-160406T0300Z/ SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO... WHITAKER...FEDERAL...HORSE CREEK 252 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH SUSTAINED GUSTING TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE AN INCREASED RISK OF BLOW OVERS OR BLOW OFFS OVER THE INTERSTATE 80 SUMMIT THROUGH MID EVENING. 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. && $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-060500- /O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160406T0700Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...CHADRON ST PARK...ALLIANCE... SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...ANGORA...BRIDGEPORT... BAYARD...REDINGTON...KIMBALL...BROWNSON...SIDNEY...HARRISON... AGATE 252 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. WINDS OVER 45 MPH MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
243 WWUS75 KCYS 060239 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 839 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE INTERSTATE 80 SUMMIT BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM THIS EVENING... WYZ116-117-060345- /O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160406T0300Z/ SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO... WHITAKER...FEDERAL...HORSE CREEK 839 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... WINDS ARE EASING ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 80 SUMMIT AND ADJACENT EASTERN FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WARNING LEVELS THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM THIS EVENING. $$ NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-060700- /O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160406T0700Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...CHADRON ST PARK...ALLIANCE... SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...ANGORA...BRIDGEPORT... BAYARD...REDINGTON...KIMBALL...BROWNSON...SIDNEY...HARRISON... AGATE 839 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. WINDS OVER 45 MPH MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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.