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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Cheyenne, WY

February 10, 2016Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Feb 10, 2016, 3:57 AM MST for Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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
Feb 10, 2016, 3:57 AM MST (10:57 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 2016, 10:12 AM MST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Feb 10, 5:40 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 589 S Wheatland, WYSUSTAINED WIND 46 MPM. BORDEAUX WYDOT SITE.
Feb 10, 9:00 AM MSTHIGH SUST WINDS 479 S Wheatland, WYBORDEAUX WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED 40-47 MPH WITH GUSTS 50-58 MPH SINCE 525 AM MST.

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 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 00:00Z on 2016-02-10Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
2938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

190 
WWUS75 KCYS 101057
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
357 AM MST WED FEB 10 2016

...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY INCLUDING
BORDEAUX THROUGH MIDMORNING...

.A STRENGTHENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS PRODUCED STRONG
WINDS IN SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. WINDS SUSTAINED AT 40
TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AND ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MIDMORNING. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE
INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE BEAR CREEK EXIT AND
WHEATLAND...INCLUDING THE BORDEAUX INTERCHANGE.

WYZ106-101900-
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0006.160210T1057Z-160210T1900Z/
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX
357 AM MST WED FEB 10 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. 

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO 
  LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE 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. FOR DETAILED ROAD
AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
297 
WWUS75 KCYS 101712
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1012 AM MST WED FEB 10 2016

WYZ106-101815-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160210T1900Z/
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BORDEAUX
1012 AM MST WED FEB 10 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WIND SPEEDS IN THE BORDEAUX AREA HAVE DECREASED BELOW HIGH WIND
WARNING THRESHOLDS. HOWEVER...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

HAMMER

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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.