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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Cheyenne, WY

October 31, 20168 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Oct 31, 2016, 2:36 AM MDT for 8 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 31, 2016, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 31, 2016, 2:36 AM MDT (08:36 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 31, 2016, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 31, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 2016-10-31Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-10-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

718 
WWUS75 KCYS 310836
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
236 AM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS MONTANA AND NORTHERN
WYOMING TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD VERY WINDY CONDITIONS.
GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY FOR WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
WYOMING...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH FOR THE PLAINS.

WYZ104-105-110-010000-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-161101T0000Z/
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN-
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOE DAM...MEDICINE BOW...
SHIRLEY BASIN...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
236 AM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO 
  REMAIN STRONG THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...WEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK
  FOR VEHICLE BLOWOVERS...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN THE ARLINGTON AND ELK
  MOUNTAIN 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.

&&

$$

WYZ101-106-115-116-010000-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0023.161031T1200Z-161101T0000Z/
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-LARAMIE VALLEY-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK...
GLENROCK...BORDEAUX...BOSLER...LARAMIE...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...
VEDAUWOO
236 AM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND SUNRISE AND REMAIN STRONG
  AND GUSTY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK
  FOR VEHICLE BLOWOVERS...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT 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.

&&

$$

NEZ002-003-095-096-010000-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0014.161031T1500Z-161101T0000Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...CHADRON ST PARK...ALLIANCE...
HARRISON...AGATE
236 AM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG
  AND GUSTY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR
  LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH
  TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
971 
WWUS75 KCYS 311624
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1024 AM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS MONTANA AND
NORTHERN WYOMING TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH 
OVER AREAS NEAR AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE...WITH GUSTS MOSTLY
TO 45 MPH OVER THE PLAINS.

WYZ107-010000-
/O.EXA.KCYS.HW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-161101T0000Z/
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY
1024 AM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK
  FOR VEHICLE BLOWOVERS...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 25.

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.

&&

$$

WYZ104-105-110-010000-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-161101T0000Z/
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN-
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOE DAM...MEDICINE BOW...
SHIRLEY BASIN...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
1024 AM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK 
  FOR VEHICLE BLOWOVERS...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN THE ARLINGTON AND ELK 
  MOUNTAIN 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.

&&

$$

WYZ101-106-115-116-010000-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-161101T0000Z/
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-LARAMIE VALLEY-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK...
GLENROCK...BORDEAUX...BOSLER...LARAMIE...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...
VEDAUWOO
1024 AM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK 
  FOR VEHICLE BLOWOVERS...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT 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.

&&

$$

NEZ002-003-095-096-010000-
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161101T0000Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...CHADRON ST PARK...ALLIANCE...
HARRISON...AGATE
1024 AM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT 
  FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG 
  NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
501 
WWUS75 KCYS 311911
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
111 PM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS MONTANA AND
NORTHERN WYOMING TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN GUSTS TO AROUND
60 MPH OVER AREAS NEAR AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE...WITH GUSTS
MOSTLY TO 45 MPH OVER THE PLAINS.

WYZ101-104>107-110-115-116-010000-
/O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-161101T0000Z/
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-LARAMIE VALLEY-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK...
GLENROCK...SEMINOE DAM...MEDICINE BOW...SHIRLEY BASIN...
BORDEAUX...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...
BOSLER...LARAMIE...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO
111 PM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK 
  FOR VEHICLE BLOWOVERS...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN THE ARLINGTON AND ELK 
  MOUNTAIN 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.

&&

$$

NEZ019>021-054-055-010000-
/O.EXA.KCYS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161101T0000Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
ANGORA...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...REDINGTON...KIMBALL...BROWNSON...
SIDNEY
111 PM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT 
  FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG 
  NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

NEZ002-003-095-096-010000-
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161101T0000Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...CHADRON ST PARK...ALLIANCE...
HARRISON...AGATE
111 PM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING..THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT 
  FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG 
  NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
189 
WWUS75 KCYS 312342
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
542 PM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES EXPIRE AT 6PM TODAY...

WYZ101-104>107-110-115-116-010045-
/O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-161101T0000Z/
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-LARAMIE VALLEY-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK...
GLENROCK...SEMINOE DAM...MEDICINE BOW...SHIRLEY BASIN...
BORDEAUX...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...
BOSLER...LARAMIE...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO
542 PM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

WINDS ARE EASING ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EASING THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND
WARNINGS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 6 PM.

$$

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-010045-
/O.EXP.KCYS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161101T0000Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...CHADRON ST PARK...ALLIANCE...
SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...ANGORA...BRIDGEPORT...
BAYARD...REDINGTON...KIMBALL...BROWNSON...SIDNEY...HARRISON...
AGATE
542 PM MDT MON OCT 31 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

WINDS ARE EASING ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DECREASING THIS EVENING.
THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT
6 PM.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

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Oct 31, 1:15 PM MDTRed Flag WarningCYS5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.