Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 29, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Dec 8, 2016, 1:11 PM MST for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at Dec 8, 2016, 10:00 PM MST. It was in force for 10 hr. 13 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
- Dec 8, 2016, 1:11 PM MST (20:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2016, 10:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2016, 8:19 AM MST
- In force
- 10 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 20:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 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 12 TO 1. |
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 17 Ene Riverside, WY | SOUTH BRUSH CREEK SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 8440 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.2 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. |
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 17 Sw Encampment, WY | SANDSTONE RANGER STATION SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8150 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.2 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. |
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 30 Wnw Laramie, WY | SAND LAKE SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10050 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.2 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. |
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 35 S Rawlins, 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 12 TO 1. |
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM MST | SNOW 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. |
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 7 Nw Centennial, WY | BROOKLYN LAKE SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10240 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. |
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 10 Sw Encampment, WY | LITTLE SNAKE RIVER SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8915 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.4 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. |
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 10 Wsw Encampment, WY | OLD BATTLE SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 10000 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.4 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. |
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 11 Sse Encampment, WY | BLACKHALL MOUNTAIN SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 9820 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.4 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. |
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Sw Encampment, WY | WEBBER SPRINGS SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 9250 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.4 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. |
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 21 Sse Elk Mountain, WY | MEDICINE BOW SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10500 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.5 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. |
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 12 Wnw Centennial, WY | NORTH FRENCH CREEK SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10130 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.8 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 15 TO 1. |
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 12:00Z, 8.2 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
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
788 WWUS75 KCYS 082011 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 111 PM MST THU DEC 8 2016 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE ARLINGTON AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... .HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE ARLINGTON AREA WHERE GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE SOME DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WYZ110-091000- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0023.161209T0500Z-161209T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0029.161209T0500Z-161209T1800Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 111 PM MST THU DEC 8 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 11 AM FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE ARLINGTON AREA AS WELL TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...AND THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE FOR SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
077 WWUS75 KCYS 090922 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 222 AM MST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...STRONG WINDS IN THE ARLINGTON AREA UNTIL AROUND NOON... ...A SECOND EPISODE OF HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE ARLINGTON AREA SATURDAY MORNING... WYZ110-092300- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0030.161210T0700Z-161210T1900Z/ /O.EXT.KCYS.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-161209T1900Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 222 AM MST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH NOON TODAY. A SECOND HIGH WIND EPISODE IS ANTICIPATED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND NOON ON SATURDAY. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN THESE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ HAHN
685 WWUS75 KCYS 091519 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 819 AM MST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...STRONG WINDS WILL RETURN TO THE ARLINGTON AREA LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... WYZ110-100000- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-161209T1900Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0030.161210T0700Z-161210T1900Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 819 AM MST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS MORNING AS WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN THESE AREAS. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 3:58 AM MST | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 9 hr |
| Dec 8, 4:15 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 22 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.