Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 30, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Dec 9, 2016, 2:22 AM MST for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at Dec 10, 2016, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2016, 2:22 AM MST (09:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2016, 12:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2016, 7:27 AM MST
- In force
- 7 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 09:22 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 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
- 1402 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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. && $$ HAHN
4 follow-up statements
685 WWUS75 KCYS 091519 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 819 AM MST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...STRONG WINDS WILL RETURN TO THE ARLINGTON AREA LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... WYZ110-100000- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-161209T1900Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0030.161210T0700Z-161210T1900Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 819 AM MST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS MORNING AS WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN THESE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
819 WWUS75 KCYS 092048 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 148 PM MST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... WYZ110-101000- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0030.161210T0700Z-161210T1900Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 148 PM MST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON MST SATURDAY... 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...SOUTHWEST 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. && $$
299 WWUS75 KCYS 100926 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 226 AM MST SAT DEC 10 2016 ...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS THIS MORNING... WYZ110-101900- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-161210T1900Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 226 AM MST SAT DEC 10 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN THESE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ HAHN
109 WWUS75 KCYS 101427 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 727 AM MST SAT DEC 10 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS... WYZ110-101530- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-161210T1900Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 727 AM MST SAT DEC 10 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS. SOUTHWEST WINDS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS WILL GUST BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH THIS MORNING. HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 1:48 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 64 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.