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High Wind Warning 15, NWS Cheyenne, WY

April 5, 2016Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 5, 3:00 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 548 S Chugwater, WY44 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 3:05 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 5916 Wsw Cheyenne, WY46 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 3:10 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 578 S Chugwater, WY45 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 3:10 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 6116 E Horse Creek, WY49 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 3:15 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 6010 Wsw Cheyenne, WY49 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 3:21 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 5313 Wnw Laramie, WY41 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 3:50 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 5116 Wsw Cheyenne, WY42 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 3:50 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 6116 E Horse Creek, WY49 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 3:52 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 51Vedauwoo, WY42 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 3:53 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 54Cheyenne, WY
Apr 5, 3:58 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 58Warren Af Base, WY41 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 4:14 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 63Warren Af Base, WY42 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 4:15 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 50Pine Bluffs, WY41 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 4:15 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 5416 E Horse Creek, WY43 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 4:15 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 5416 Wsw Cheyenne, WY44 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 4:15 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 5910 Sw Cheyenne, WY32 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 4:20 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 5310 Wsw Cheyenne, WY42 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 4:58 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 58Warren Af Base, WY32 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 5:01 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 521 Ese Buford, WY41 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 5:05 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 4916 E Horse Creek, WY41 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 5:05 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 5210 Wsw Cheyenne, WY41 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 5:05 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 5616 Wsw Cheyenne, WY42 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 5:06 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 5615 Nne Centennial, WY39 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 6:20 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 5816 Wsw Cheyenne, WY48 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 6:25 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 5110 Wsw Cheyenne, WY42 MPH SUSTAINED
Apr 5, 7:36 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 501 Ene Buford, WY34 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-04-05Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2016-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.