Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Watches in 2016
High Wind Watch 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Mar 13, 2016, 1:46 PM MDT for Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It took effect at Mar 14, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2016, 1:46 PM MDT (19:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2016, 3:00 AM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 2340 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
950 WWUS75 KCYS 131946 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 146 PM MDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS IS SET TO RETURN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... WYZ106-110-141200- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0014.160314T0900Z-160315T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 146 PM MDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM MDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...3 AM MONDAY THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON...AND INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND. THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK FOR VEHICLE BLOWOVERS 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. && $$ WYZ116-117-141200- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.A.0013.160315T0000Z-160316T0000Z/ SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO... WHITAKER...FEDERAL...HORSE CREEK 146 PM MDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * WINDS...WEST WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WILL POTENTIALLY BE HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ HAHN
1 follow-up statement
794 WWUS75 KCYS 140900 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 300 AM MDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS THROUGH TUESDAY... WYZ116-117-150000- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0013.160315T0000Z-160316T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KCYS.HW.W.0014.160315T0000Z-160316T0000Z/ SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO... WHITAKER...FEDERAL...HORSE CREEK 300 AM MDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...6 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY. * WINDS...WEST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE. 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. && $$ WYZ106-110-150000- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160315T1500Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 300 AM MDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON...AND INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND WHEATLAND. THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK FOR VEHICLE BLOWOVERS IN THESE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ RUBIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 3:25 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | CYS | Carbon | 11 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:46 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 45 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:57 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 38 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.