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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Cheyenne, WY

February 19, 2016Box Butte County, Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2016, 12:40 PM MST for Box Butte County, Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2016, 12:40 PM MST (19:40 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Sioux County, NE

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-02-19Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 331 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2303 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
331 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

868 
WWUS75 KCYS 191940
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1240 PM MST FRI FEB 19 2016

...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND
THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...

NEZ002-003-095-096-200000-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160219T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0003.160219T1940Z-160220T0000Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...HARRISON...AGATE
1240 PM MST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 5 PM.

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

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS 
  TO LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON 
  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 HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

NEZ019>021-054-055-WYZ101>105-107-108-115-119-192045-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160219T2100Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY-
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
SHIRLEY BASIN-EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-LARAMIE VALLEY-
EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...
LUSK...MUDDY GAP...MEDICINE BOW...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...
CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...LARAMIE...BURNS...CARPENTER...
ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS
1240 PM MST FRI FEB 19 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS ARE EASING AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO MEET WARNING
CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

WYZ110-200000-
/O.EXT.KCYS.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160220T0000Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
1240 PM MST FRI FEB 19 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

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

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS 
  TO LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON 
  NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR 
  VEHICLE BLOWOVERS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN LARAMIE AND 
  RAWLINS. BLACK ICE WILL CREATE SLICK ROADWAYS. 

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.

&&

$$

WYZ106-116>118-200000-
/O.EXT.KCYS.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160220T0000Z/
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...
PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE
1240 PM MST FRI FEB 19 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS 
  TO LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON 
  NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR 
  VEHICLE BLOWOVERS ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND 
  WHEATLAND. 

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
731 
WWUS75 KCYS 192359
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
459 PM MST FRI FEB 19 2016


WYZ110-200100-
/O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160220T0000Z/
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN
459 PM MST FRI FEB 19 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

WINDS HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENTLY BELOW WARNING CRITERIA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...SO WILL ALLOW THE WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 5PM.
HOWEVER...GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THROUGH
THE EVENING.

$$

WYZ106-116>118-200100-
/O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160220T0000Z/
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...
PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE
459 PM MST FRI FEB 19 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

WINDS HAVE EASED THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
MEET WARNING CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL
EXPIRE AT 5PM.

$$

NEZ002-003-095-096-200100-
/O.EXP.KCYS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160220T0000Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...HARRISON...AGATE
459 PM MST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

WINDS HAVE EASED THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE
AT 5PM.

$$

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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.