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High Wind Warning 26, NWS Cheyenne, WY

November 29, 20168 counties in Nebraska; 5 counties in Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Nov 29, 2016, 2:13 AM MST for 8 counties in Nebraska; 5 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Nov 29, 2016, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr. 28 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
Nov 29, 2016, 2:13 AM MST (09:13 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 29, 2016, 8:00 AM MST
Expired
Nov 29, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Converse County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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
Nov 29, 8:15 AM MSTHIGH SUST WINDS 41Pine Bluffs, WYWIND GUST 51 MPH.
Nov 29, 8:15 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 634 Sw Scottsbluff, NETHIS IS RAWS SITE IN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY.
Nov 29, 8:55 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 52Pine Bluffs, WYSUSTAINED WND 35 MPH.
Nov 29, 9:15 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 52Pine Bluffs, WYSUSTAINED WIND 45 MPH.
Nov 29, 9:34 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 644 Sw Scottsbluff, NETHIS IS RAWS SITE.
Nov 29, 9:35 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 52Torrington, WYPEAK SUSTAINED WIND WAS 40 MPH.
Nov 29, 10:10 AM MSTHIGH SUST WINDS 4010 Sse Prairie Center, WYUPR SITE. AVERAGE SUSTAINED WIND FOR PAST HOUR ENDING AT 1010 AM MST.
Nov 29, 10:15 AM MSTHIGH SUST WINDS 42Pine Bluffs, WYPINE BLUFFS AWOS. AVERAGE SUSTAINED WIND FOR PAST HOUR ENDING AT 1015 AM MST. PEAK SUSTAINED WIND WAS 45 MPH AND THE PEAK GUST WAS 55 MPH.
Nov 29, 10:35 AM MSTHIGH SUST WINDS 481 E Pine Bluffs, NENDOR SITE ALONG I80 NEAR WY/NE STATE LINE. AVERAGE SUSTAINED WIND ENDING AT 1035 AM MST.
Nov 29, 10:51 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 53Cheyenne, WY
Nov 29, 11:30 AM MSTHIGH SUST WINDS 404 E Perrin, NENDOR SITE. AVERAGE SUSTAINED WIND FOR PAST HOUR ENDING AT 1130 AM MST. PEAK SUSTAINED WIND WAS 44 MPH AT 1100 AM MST.
Nov 29, 11:34 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 614 Sw Scottsbluff, NETHIS IS RAWS SITE. SUSTAINED WIND 41 MPH.
Nov 29, 11:35 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 39Chadron, NESUSTAINED WIND 31 MPH.
Nov 29, 11:35 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 43Kimball, NESUSTAINED WIND 33 MPH.
Nov 29, 11:35 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 44Alliance, NESUSTAINED WIND 37 MPH.
Nov 29, 11:35 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 46Scottsbluff, NESUSTAINED WIND 40 MPH.
Nov 29, 11:44 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 54Scottsbluff, NEPEAK SUSTAINED WIND WAS 43 MPH.
Nov 29, 11:45 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 44Torrington, WYSUSTAINED WIND 37 MPH.
Nov 29, 11:45 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 47Sidney, NESUSTAINED WIND 40 MPH.
Nov 29, 11:53 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 47Cheyenne, WYSUSTAINED WIND 30 MPH.
Nov 29, 12:53 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 56Alliance, NE
Nov 29, 12:55 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 53Kimball, NEPEAK SUSTAINED WIND WAS 38 MPH.
Nov 29, 1:15 PM MSTHIGH SUST WINDS 39Sidney Airport, NEAVERAGE SUSTAINED WIND FOR PAST HOUR ENDING AT 115 PM MST. PEAK SUSTAINED WIND WAS 43 MPH AT 1255 PM MST. PEAK GUST WAS 53 MPH.
Nov 29, 1:15 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 58Guernsey, WYCAMP GUERNSEY AWOS
Nov 29, 1:33 PM MSTHIGH SUST WINDS 405 E Hemingford, NENDOR SITE ON HWY 385 NEAR HEMINGFORD. AVERAGE SUSTAINED WIND FOR PAST HOUR ENDING AT 133 PM MST. PEAK SUSTAINED WIND WAS 45 MPH AT 113 PM MST.
Nov 29, 1:34 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 626 Se Harrisburg, NENDOR SITE AT NORTH 71 MILE POST 34.5.
Nov 29, 1:38 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 55Chadron Airport, NEPEAK SUSTAINED WIND WAS 40 MPH.
Nov 29, 3:22 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 593 Nne Chadron St Park, NEKINGS CANYON RAWS. SUSTAINED AT 35 MPH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 241 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2016-11-29Temperature 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2016-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -93 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
1393 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

280 
WWUS75 KCYS 290913
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
213 AM MST TUE NOV 29 2016

...STRONG WINDS LIKELY TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING
AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... 

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-300000-
/O.UPG.KCYS.WI.Y.0017.161129T1700Z-161130T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0026.161129T1500Z-161130T0000Z/
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
213 AM MST TUE NOV 29 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST
THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM MST TODAY. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 50
  AND 60 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR
  LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SNOW SHOWERS COULD ALSO
  LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VERY LOW VISIBILITIES...ALONG
  WITH ICY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. 

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.

&&

$$

WYZ101-102-107-108-119-300000-
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0026.161129T1500Z-161130T0000Z/
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK...
GLENROCK...LUSK...REDBIRD...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...
PINE BLUFFS
213 AM MST TUE NOV 29 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM MST TODAY. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 50
  AND 60 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR
  LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SNOW SHOWERS COULD ALSO
  LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VERY LOW VISIBILITIES...ALONG
  WITH ICY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. 

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.

&&

$$

HAMMER
1 follow-up statement
289 
WWUS75 KCYS 292345
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
445 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2016

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101-102-107-108-119-300045-
/O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-161130T0000Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-
NIOBRARA COUNTY-EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-
EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...CHADRON ST PARK...ALLIANCE...
SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...ANGORA...BRIDGEPORT...
BAYARD...REDINGTON...KIMBALL...BROWNSON...SIDNEY...HARRISON...
AGATE...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK...GLENROCK...LUSK...REDBIRD...
WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...PINE BLUFFS
445 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE STARTED TO EASE AT SUNSET THIS EVENING. WILL
ALLOW THE HIGH WIND WARNING TO EXPIRE ON TIME SINCE GUSTS OVER 58
MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 25
TO 35 MPH ARE STILL FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
AROUND 45 MPH. 

$$

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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.