Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 31, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Dec 15, 2016, 2:21 AM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Dec 15, 2016, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 17 hr. 5 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 15, 2016, 2:21 AM MST (09:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2016, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2016, 9:41 PM MST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 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 15, 1:04 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Warren Af Base, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 44 MPH. |
| Dec 15, 1:20 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 10 Wsw Cheyenne, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 43 MPH. |
| Dec 15, 1:25 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 10 Sw Cheyenne, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 45 MPH. |
| Dec 15, 1:36 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Cheyenne, WY | SUSTAINED WIND 40 MPH. |
| Dec 15, 6:51 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 7 Ne Buford, WY | THIS IS WYDOT SITE WILDCAT TRAIL. SUSTAINED WIND 42 MPH. |
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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 1781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 110 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
976 WWUS75 KCYS 150921 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 221 AM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS OVER THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS MORNING INTO THE EVENING... WYZ106-110-116-117-152300- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0031.161215T1200Z-161216T0600Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO...WHITAKER...FEDERAL... HORSE CREEK 221 AM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
646 WWUS75 KCYS 152033 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 133 PM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS OVER THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND INTO CHEYENNE THROUGH THIS EVENING... WYZ118-160300- /O.EXB.KCYS.HW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-161216T0300Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEYENNE 133 PM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH AT LEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WYZ106-110-116-117-160445- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-161216T0600Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO...WHITAKER...FEDERAL... HORSE CREEK 133 PM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. 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. && $$ CLH
605 WWUS75 KCYS 160300 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 800 PM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...STRONG WINDS OVER THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS EVENING... WYZ118-160400- /O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-161216T0300Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEYENNE 800 PM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED IN THE CHEYENNE AREA THIS EVENING, SO WILL ALLOW THE HIGH WIND WARNING TO EXPIRE ON TIME. HOWEVER, FOLKS TRAVELING NORTH OF CHEYENNE ON I-25, BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ WYZ106-110-116-117-160600- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-161216T0600Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO...WHITAKER...FEDERAL... HORSE CREEK 800 PM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. 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. && $$
036 WWUS75 KCYS 160441 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 941 PM MST THU DEC 15 2016 WYZ106-110-116-117-160545- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-161216T0600Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO...WHITAKER...FEDERAL... HORSE CREEK 941 PM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE EASED THIS EVENING WITH OBSERVED GUSTS WELL BELOW HIGH WIND THRESHOLDS. THEREFORE WILL END THE HIGH WIND WARNING EARLY. GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THE ARLINGTON AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 3:06 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:06 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie | 35 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.