Alert archive / Wyoming / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm warning at Apr 25, 2016, 3:30 PM MDT for 5 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Apr 26, 2016, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 20 hr. 60 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
- Apr 25, 2016, 3:30 PM MDT (21:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2016, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2016, 8:12 PM MDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Converse County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 5:34 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | Douglas, WY | 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED OVER SOUTHWEST DOUGLAS |
| Apr 26, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | N Sinclair, WY | RAIN AND SWE OF 0.75 |
| Apr 26, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 6 | 4 Wsw Douglas, WY | RAIN AND SWE OF 4.3IN. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 0 | Laramie, WY | WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN LARAMIE. POWER IS WORKING ON BEING RESTORED AND SCHOOL ARE HAVING A DELAYED START. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 0.5 | 11 Wnw Cheyenne, WY | RAIN AND SWE OF 1.35 IN. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | 13 Ssw Manville, WY | RAIN AND SWE OF 1.11IN. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4.2 | 1 Ene Laramie, WY | RAIN AND SWE OF 0.69IN. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 20 Wsw Warren Af Base, WY | RAIN AND SWE OF 0.99IN. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Rawlins, WY | ESTIMATED 5 TO 6 INCHES. REPORT VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 10 N Cheyenne, WY | |
| Apr 26, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 7.6 | Sw Elk Mountain, WY | RAIN AND SWE OF 1.09 IN. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 8 | 1 Nne Centennial, WY | RAIN AND SWE OF 1.22IN. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 2 Sw Douglas, WY | REPORT VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Apr 26, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 1 Se Laramie, WY | RAIN AND SWE OF 1.22 IN. |
| Apr 26, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 6.3 | 9 Wsw Rock River, WY | RAIN AND SWE OF 1.24 IN. |
| Apr 26, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Douglas, WY | ESTIMATED 6 - 8 INCHES. LOST BRANCHES OFF OF SMALL TREES. REPORT VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Apr 26, 8:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Laramie, WY | UW CAMPUS. REPORT VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 25 W Esterbrook, WY | LA PRELE CREEK SNOTEL IN THE LARAMIE RANGE. ELEVATION 8375 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .4 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5.5 | 14 E Dixon, WY | BATTLE MOUNTAIN SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 7440 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .5 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5.5 | 20 Wnw Encampment, WY | DIVIDE PEAK SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8880 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .5 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 E Douglas, WY | REPORT VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 6.3 | 24 W Saratoga, WY | SAGE CREEK BASIN SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 7850 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .6 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 7 | 16 Ene Savery, WY | SANDSTONE RANGER STATION SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8150 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .7 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 10 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 Ne Laramie, WY | REPORT VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 8.4 | 11 Sse Encampment, WY | BLACKHALL MOUNTAIN SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 9820 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .7 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 8.4 | 7 Nw Centennial, WY | BROOKLYN LAKE SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10240 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .7 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 8.4 | 8 Wsw Encampment, WY | WEBBER SPRINGS SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 9250 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .7 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 9 | 6 Sw Centennial, WY | CINNABAR PARK SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 9574 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .9 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 10 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 9.6 | 10 Wsw Encampment, WY | OLD BATTLE SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 10000 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .8 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 10 | 16 Ene Riverside, WY | SOUTH BRUSH CREEK SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 8440 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 1.0 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 10 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 10.9 | 10 Sw Encampment, WY | LITTLE SNAKE RIVER SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8915 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .9 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 10.9 | 28 E Savery, WY | WHISKEY PARK SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8950 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .9 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14.4 | 10 Ssw Arlington, WY | SAND LAKE SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10050 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 1.2 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 12 Se Laramie, WY | WINDY PEAK SNOTEL IN THE LARAMIE RANGE. ELEVATION 7900 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .9 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 10 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15.6 | 21 Sse Elk Mountain, WY | MEDICINE BOW SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10500 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 1.3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 16.8 | 12 W Centennial, WY | NORTH FRENCH CREEK SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10130 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS 1.4 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 10 HOURS. |
| Apr 26, 9:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 2 N Centennial, WY | ESTIMATED 10 TO 12 INCHES. REPORT VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Apr 26, 9:35 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 10 N Cheyenne, WY | |
| Apr 26, 10:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 5.8 | Laramie, WY | REPORT VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Apr 26, 11:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | W Laramie, WY | REPORT VIA FACEBOOK |
| Apr 26, 11:39 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 8 Sw Wheatland, WY | 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN. SNOW DEPTH 3 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 11:40 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 6 Ne Cheyenne, WY | REPORT VIA FACEBOOK |
| Apr 26, 12:00 PM MDT | SNOW 5 | 34 Nw Lusk, WY | RECEIVED AT LEAST 5 INCHES. REPORT VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Apr 26, 12:15 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | 6 Ene Cheyenne, WY | REPORT VIA FACEBOOK |
| Apr 26, 2:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 2 N Centennial, WY | REPORT VIA FACEBOOK |
| Apr 26, 4:00 PM MDT | SNOW 6 | 1 S Cheyenne, WY | 0.71 SWE. USED AN 8 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. ALSO MEASURED AN ADDITIONAL 0.44 INCHES OF RAIN FOR STORM TOTAL LIQUID OF 1.15 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 4:53 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 4 N Wheatland, WY | ESTIMATED DUE TO MELTING AS IT FELL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 1.82. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM MDT | SNOW 1.2 | 24 W Saratoga, WY | SAGE CREEK BASIN SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 7850 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .2 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 10 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 9 HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION WAS 7.5 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 2 | 10 Sw Encampment, WY | LITTLE SNAKE RIVER SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8915 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .2 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 10 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 9 HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION WAS 12.9 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 2 | 16 Ene Riverside, WY | SOUTH BRUSH CREEK SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 8440 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .2 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 10 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 9 HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION WAS 12 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM MDT | SNOW 2.4 | 20 Wnw Encampment, WY | DIVIDE PEAK SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8880 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .2 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 9 HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION WAS 7.9 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | 11 Sse Encampment, WY | BLACKHALL MOUNTAIN SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 9820 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 10 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 9 HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION WAS 11.4 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 3.6 | 12 W Centennial, WY | NORTH FRENCH CREEK SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10130 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 9 HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION WAS 20.4 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM MDT | SNOW 3.6 | 25 W Esterbrook, WY | LA PRELE CREEK SNOTEL IN THE LARAMIE RANGE. ELEVATION 8375 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 9 HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION WAS 7.6 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 14 Sw Esterbrook, WY | WINDY PEAK SNOTEL IN THE LARAMIE RANGE. ELEVATION 7900 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .4 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 10 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 9 HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION WAS 11 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 5 Nnw Hog Park Reservoi, WY | WHISKEY PARK SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 8950 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .4 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 10 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 9 HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION WAS 14.9 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 6 Sw Centennial, WY | CINNABAR PARK SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 9574 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .4 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 10 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 9 HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION WAS 13 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 10 Ssw Arlington, WY | SAND LAKE SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10050 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .3 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 9 HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION WAS 18 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 7 Nw Centennial, WY | BROOKLYN LAKE SNOTEL IN THE SNOWY RANGE. ELEVATION 10240 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .4 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 9 HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION WAS 13.2 INCHES. |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 8 Wsw Encampment, WY | WEBBER SPRINGS SNOTEL IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. ELEVATION 9250 FEET. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS .4 INCHES AND THE SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO USED WAS 12 TO 1. ACCUMULATION WAS OVER PAST 9 HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION WAS 13.2 INCHES. |
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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
667 WWUS45 KCYS 252130 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 330 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...HEAVY SNOW RETURNING TO THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND SOME ADJACENT AREAS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANCE TO SNOW THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH SNOW SPREADING INTO ADJACENT AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS STARTING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WYZ103-112-114-260530- /O.UPG.KCYS.WS.A.0010.160426T0000Z-160427T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WS.W.0011.160426T0600Z-160427T0600Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRETT...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY 330 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...BECOMING NORTHERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND SNOW PACKED ROADS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ104-105-116-260530- /O.UPG.KCYS.WS.A.0010.160426T0000Z-160427T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WS.W.0011.160426T0600Z-160427T0600Z/ FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOE DAM...MEDICINE BOW... SHIRLEY BASIN...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO 330 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH ON TUESDAY. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ON TUESDAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ101-260530- /O.NEW.KCYS.WS.W.0011.160426T0600Z-160427T0600Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK...GLENROCK 330 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR AREAS ABOVE 5000 FEET. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT... BECOMING NORTH ON TUESDAY. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ON TUESDAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
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076 WWUS45 KCYS 260445 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1045 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...HEAVY SNOW RETURNING TO THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND SOME ADJACENT AREAS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH SNOW SPREADING INTO ADJACENT AREAS BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WYZ103-112-114-261300- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0011.160426T0600Z-160427T0600Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRETT...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY 1045 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY OVER THE MOUNTAINS STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...BECOMING NORTHERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND SNOW PACKED ROADS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ101-104-105-116-261300- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0011.160426T0600Z-160427T0600Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK... GLENROCK...SEMINOE DAM...MEDICINE BOW...SHIRLEY BASIN...BUFORD... PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO 1045 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH ON TUESDAY. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ON TUESDAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
423 WWUS45 KCYS 260739 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 139 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WEST OF INTERSTATE 25... .RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH SNOW SPREADING INTO ADJACENT AREAS BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WYZ110-262200- /O.EXA.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 139 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SNOW IN THE LAST HOUR AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE EARLY THIS MORNING...BECOMING NORTHERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH. HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ON TUESDAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ103-112-114-262200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRETT...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY 139 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY OVER THE MOUNTAINS STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...BECOMING NORTHERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND SNOW PACKED ROADS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ101-104-105-116-262200- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK... GLENROCK...SEMINOE DAM...MEDICINE BOW...SHIRLEY BASIN...BUFORD... PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO 139 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND BEFORE SUNRISE DOWN TO 5000 FEET WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TODAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 5500 FEET. 2 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 5500 FEET INCLUDING DOUGLAS...BILL...AND GLENROCK. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ON TUESDAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 5500 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ109-113-262100- /O.NEW.KCYS.WW.Y.0024.160426T0739Z-160426T2100Z/ CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAWLINS...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT 139 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...LIGHT NORTHEAST THIS MORNING BECOMING NORTH BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF SLICK AND SLUSHY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
124 WWUS45 KCYS 261105 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 505 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25... .RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WYZ103-112-114-261915- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRETT...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY 505 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY OVER THE MOUNTAINS STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...BECOMING NORTHERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND SNOW PACKED ROADS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ101-104-105-110-116-261915- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK... GLENROCK...SEMINOE DAM...MEDICINE BOW...SHIRLEY BASIN... ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO 505 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND BEFORE SUNRISE DOWN TO 5000 FEET WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TODAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 5500 FEET. 2 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 5500 FEET INCLUDING DOUGLAS...BILL...AND GLENROCK. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ON TUESDAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 5500 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ106-115-117-261915- /O.EXA.KCYS.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-LARAMIE VALLEY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...BOSLER...LARAMIE... WHITAKER...FEDERAL...HORSE CREEK 505 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...LIGHT NORTHEAST THIS MORNING BECOMING NORTH BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF SLICK AND SLUSHY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ109-113-261915- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/ CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAWLINS...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT 505 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...LIGHT NORTHEAST THIS MORNING BECOMING NORTH BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF SLICK AND SLUSHY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TT
256 WWUS45 KCYS 261323 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 723 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25... .RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WYZ115-262100- /O.UPG.KCYS.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/ LARAMIE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOSLER...LARAMIE 723 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF SLICK AND SLUSHY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ103-112-114-270000- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRETT...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY 723 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY OVER THE MOUNTAINS STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...BECOMING NORTHERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND SNOW PACKED ROADS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ101-104-105-110-116-270000- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK... GLENROCK...SEMINOE DAM...MEDICINE BOW...SHIRLEY BASIN... ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO 723 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 5500 FEET. 2 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 5500 FEET INCLUDING DOUGLAS...BILL...AND GLENROCK. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ON TUESDAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 5500 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ102-262100- /O.EXA.KCYS.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/ NIOBRARA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUSK...REDBIRD 723 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF SLICK AND SLUSHY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ106-109-113-117-262100- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...RAWLINS...SARATOGA... ENCAMPMENT...WHITAKER...FEDERAL...HORSE CREEK 723 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...LIGHT NORTHEAST THIS MORNING BECOMING NORTH BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF SLICK AND SLUSHY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RUBIN
266 WWUS45 KCYS 261403 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 803 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25... .RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WYZ115-262100- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/ LARAMIE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOSLER...LARAMIE 803 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF SLICK AND SLUSHY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ103-112-114-270000- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRETT...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY 803 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY OVER THE MOUNTAINS STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...BECOMING NORTHERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND SNOW PACKED ROADS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ101-104-105-110-116-270000- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK... GLENROCK...SEMINOE DAM...MEDICINE BOW...SHIRLEY BASIN... ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO 803 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 5500 FEET. 2 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 5500 FEET INCLUDING DOUGLAS...BILL...AND GLENROCK. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ON TUESDAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 5500 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ118-262100- /O.EXA.KCYS.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEYENNE 803 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF SLICK AND SLUSHY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ102-106-109-113-117-262100- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/ NIOBRARA COUNTY-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUSK...REDBIRD...BORDEAUX...RAWLINS... SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...WHITAKER...FEDERAL...HORSE CREEK 803 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...LIGHT NORTHEAST THIS MORNING BECOMING NORTH BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF SLICK AND SLUSHY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
838 WWUS45 KCYS 261750 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1150 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...SNOW TO TAPER OFF BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW TO TAPER OFF BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WYZ115-262100- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/ LARAMIE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOSLER...LARAMIE 1150 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF SLICK AND SLUSHY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ103-112-114-270300- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRETT...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY 1150 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND SNOW PACKED ROADS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ101-104-105-110-116-270300- /O.CON.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK... GLENROCK...SEMINOE DAM...MEDICINE BOW...SHIRLEY BASIN... ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO 1150 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 5500 FEET. 2 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 5500 FEET INCLUDING DOUGLAS...BILL...AND GLENROCK. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ON TUESDAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 5500 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WYZ107-262100- /O.EXA.KCYS.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/ EAST PLATTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY 1150 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF SLICK AND SLUSHY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WYZ102-106-109-113-117-118-262100- /O.CON.KCYS.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/ NIOBRARA COUNTY-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUSK...REDBIRD...BORDEAUX...RAWLINS... SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...WHITAKER...FEDERAL...HORSE CREEK... CHEYENNE 1150 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF SLICK AND SLUSHY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
180 WWUS45 KCYS 262031 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 231 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...SNOW TAPERING OFF ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING... .LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN A FEW INCHES OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS. WYZ116-262145- /O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160427T0600Z/ SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...VEDAUWOO 231 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS LET UP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL. $$ WYZ115-262145- /O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/ LARAMIE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOSLER...LARAMIE 231 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS LET UP ACROSS THE LARAMIE VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL. $$ WYZ102-106-107-109-113-117-118-262145- /O.CAN.KCYS.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/ NIOBRARA COUNTY-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUSK...REDBIRD...BORDEAUX...WHEATLAND... GUERNSEY...RAWLINS...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT...WHITAKER...FEDERAL... HORSE CREEK...CHEYENNE 231 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS LET UP ACROSS THE REGION. ALTHOUGH LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL. $$ WYZ101-103>105-110-112-114-270300- /O.EXT.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160427T0300Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK... GLENROCK...GARRETT...SEMINOE DAM...MEDICINE BOW...SHIRLEY BASIN... ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY 231 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE EVENING WILL BE MOSTLY 1 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND SNOW PACKED ROADS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
804 WWUS45 KCYS 270212 WSWCYS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 812 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 WYZ101-103>105-110-112-114-270315- /O.CAN.KCYS.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160427T0300Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILL...DOUGLAS...DEER CREEK... GLENROCK...GARRETT...SEMINOE DAM...MEDICINE BOW...SHIRLEY BASIN... ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY 812 PM MDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEARBY LOWER ELEVATIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL. WITH LITTLE IMPACT EXPECTED FROM LIGHT SNOW...WILL GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THE WARNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Apr 25, 10:52 AM MDT, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 10:52 AM MDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1052 AM MDT MON APR 25 2016
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1052 AM MDT MON APR 25 2016
NO BIG CHANGES TO THE SHORT TERM FORECAST. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL
BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA LATER TODAY. THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING.
LEFT FRONT OF AN UPPER LEVEL JET WILL SHIFT OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE JET WILL BE CO-LOCATED WITH A SURFACE
WARM FRONT. MODELS ARE DEPICTING BETWEEN 500-1000 J/KG OF MU CAPE
OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AS WELL 40-50 KTS OF 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR. ALL
TOGETHER THIS DOES SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW MARGINAL SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. THE SHEAR
MAY BE A BIT STRONG GIVEN LOW CAPE VALUES TO SUSTAIN UPDRAFTS FOR
ANY LENGTH OF TIME...BUT SINCE THE WET BULB ZERO HEIGHT IS ONLY
5000 FT AGL...ANY HAIL THAT DOES FORM WILL NOT MELT MUCH BEFORE
REACHING THE GROUND. MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE HAIL AND THERE IS
A REMOTE CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO GIVEN THAT A FEW STORMS
WILL RIDE ALONG A SURFACE BOUNDARY. LOW OVERALL THREAT FOR
TORNADOES...BUT NOT ZERO.
THE OTHER CONCERN IN FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW TONIGHT. BASED ON
THE LATEST MODELS SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST
WYOMING TONIGHT...BUT OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS LITTLE TO NO SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY. WILL UPDATE THE WINTER STORM WATCHES WITH
THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. THE BETTER CHANCE FOR SNOW OUTSIDE OF THE
MOUNTAINS SHOULD MAINLY HOLD OFF UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT BUT THAT
SAID...THE MODELS ARE NOT IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN EXACT TRACK OF THE
UPPER LOW OR THE QPF AMOUNTS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 345 AM MDT MON APR 25 2016
QUIET AND TRANQUIL WEATHER THIS MORNING WILL QUICKLY CHANGE LATER
TODAY AS THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS THE AREA. IR
SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS THIS STORM JUST GETTING ORGANIZED EARLY THIS
MORNING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION IN CENTRAL NEVADA. ALL
MODELS SHOW THIS STORM PROGRESSING SLOWLY EASTWARD TODAY INTO
UTAH...AND THEN SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN COLORADO TONIGHT.
PLENTY OF WARM AIR AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SO PRECIP TYPE WILL BE
RAIN BELOW 10000 FEET UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. IN FACT...THINK THE
MOUNTAINS MAY BE ALL RAIN INITIALLY AS WELL. SURFACE WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY SHIFT INTO THE SOUTH AND THEN SOUTHEAST LATER TODAY
WHICH WILL ALLOW SOME LLVL MOISTURE ADVECTION TO OCCUR. COMBINED
WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION ALOFT...THIS PROFILE WILL FAVOR ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS
AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY MOVING NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA.
WITH CAPE VALUES APPROACHING 1000 J/KG...CAN NOT RULE OUT SOME
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF I25. MAIN THREAT SHOULD BE
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL. STRONG UPPER LEVEL
DIFFLUENCE AND DECENT LLVL CONVERGENCE MAINLY DUE TO UPSLOPE FLOW
AND FRONTOGENESIS WILL KEEP THIS SHOWER ACTIVITY GOING THROUGH THE
NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS WYOMING. ISOLATED TSTORMS MAY
CONTINUE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THE NIGHT AS WELL. THESE
SHOWERS AND TSTORMS MAY TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS PRODUCING
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. FURTHER WEST...COLD AIR WILL SPREAD
WEST OF I25 RESULTING IN RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT DOWN
TO 6000 FEET BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
SNOWFALL AND SNOWLEVEL WILL BE THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS GOING
INTO TUESDAY...WITH CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REMAINING WITH
TUESDAYS FORECAST. THE 00Z GFS REMAINS THE WARMEST WITH THE LEAST
AMOUNTS OF QPF ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EAST CENTRAL
WYOMING. UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL TRACK EASTWARD JUST SOUTH OF THE
WYOMING/COLORADO BORDER AND THEN STALL OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA
TUESDAY NIGHT. THE OTHER MODELS SHOW A SIMILAR TRACK THROUGH
TUESDAY BUT ARE MUCH WETTER. THE ECMWF IS THE OUTLIER PAST
TUESDAY...SHOWING THE UPPER LEVEL LOW DRIFTING NORTH INTO SOUTHERN
WYOMING. AS OF RIGHT NOW...MOST CONFIDENT THAT THE MOUNTAINS AND
HIGHER ELEVATION ZONES NORTH OF I80 HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL TO SEE
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. EXTENDED THE WINTER STORM WATCH
INTO NORTHERN CARBON AND NORTHERN ALBANY COUNTIES. ALSO INCLUDED
THE I80 SUMMIT IN THE WATCH. WILL LIKELY NEED TO ADJUST THE TIMING
SINCE MODELS ARE TRENDING WARMER INTO EARLY TONIGHT. STILL A BIT
TOO WARM TO INCLUDE THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF
CONVERSE...PLATTE...AND NIOBRARA COUNTIES IN THE WATCH WITH
SNOWLEVELS HOVERING AROUND 5000 TO 5500 FEET ON TUESDAY. DURING
THE DAYTIME HOURS...HEAVY SNOW WILL STRUGGLE TO STICK ON AREA
ROADWAYS THIS TIME OF THE YEAR ANYWAYS. SO LOCATIONS LIKE
DOUGLAS...LUSK...AND WHEATLAND MAY SEE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES
TUESDAY...BUT ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED AND GRASSY
SURFACES. THE MOUNTAINS WILL DO WELL WITH THIS STORM WITH 10 TO 20
INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE SNOWY RANGE AND NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE.
FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST...SNOW IS POSSIBLE DOWN TO 5000 FEET
INCLUDING CHEYENNE...PINE BLUFFS...AND KIMBALL TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT MOST OF THE HEAVIER PRECIP WILL BE
OVER BY THEN WITH ONLY A LIGHT ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED
AND GRASSY SURFACES. HOWEVER IF MODELS TREND FURTHER SOUTH WITH
THE STORM AND COLDER...ALONG THE LINES OF THE CURRENT 00Z
GEM...THEN THE WINTER STORM WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED FURTHER
SOUTH AND EAST. THIS WILL PRIMARILY BE A RAIN EVENT FOR THE REST
OF WESTERN NEBRASKA. HIGHS WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH 40 ALONG AND
WEST OF I25 ON TUESDAY WITH LOW TO MID 50S EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN
NEBRASKA.
BY WEDNESDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL GRADUALLY WOBBLE NORTH AND
THEN EASTWARD. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE
WITH SNOW STILL POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET AS 700MB TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN BETWEEN -4C TO -6C. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 10 TO 20
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S TO AROUND 40
ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING TO THE MID 40S TO NEAR 50 ACROSS
WESTERN NEBRASKA.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 300 AM MDT MON APR 25 2016
A GENERALLY COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED TO AFFECT
THE CWA THROUGH THE PERIOD AS A COUPLE OF UPPER LOW DUMBBELL
AROUND EACH OTHER OVER THE PLAINS INTO THE NORTHWESTERN CONUS.
THIS WILL RESULT IN DAILY CHANCES FOR RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS FOR
MUCH OF THE CWA ALONG WITH BELOW AVERAGE TEMPS. PRECIPITATION
SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH
SNOW OVER THE MTNS. RAIN/SNOW LINE MAY DRIFT INTO THE ADJACENT
HIGH PLAINS SOME NIGHTS BUT NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATION
SEEN OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS AT THIS TIME. HEAVIEST AND MOST
WIDESPREAD PCPN SHOULD BE ON FRIDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
STRONGER UPPER SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 300 AM MDT MON APR 25 2016
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR ALL TERMINALS TODAY INTO THIS
EVENING. SOME SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER SE WY THIS AFTERNOON.
CONDITIONS WILL LOWER TO WIDESPREAD MVFR/IFR TONIGHT...MAINLY AFT
06Z...AS RAIN AND MTN SNOW SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 300 AM MDT MON APR 25 2016
NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGH THE WEEK AND INTO
NEXT WEEKEND. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...WIDESPREAD WETTING
RAINS...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK.
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY AND TUESDAY.
MINIMUM DAYTIME HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY NOT DROP BELOW 50 PERCENT
AFTER TODAY UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEKEND. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ABOVE
ELEVATIONS OF 5500 FEET.
&&
.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR WYZ103>105-112-114-116.
NE...NONE.
&&
UPDATE...SML
SHORT TERM...TJT
LONG TERM...RE
AVIATION...RE
FIRE WEATHER...TJTHazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 11:51 AM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1151 AM MDT MON APR 25 2016 WYZ101>105-109>115-261800- CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-SIERRA MADRE RANGE- UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY- 1151 AM MDT MON APR 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS MAY DROP TO 7000 FEET BY LATE TONIGHT BUT MOST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 8000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING BY TUESDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NEZ002-003-021-055-095-096-261800- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-MORRILL-CHEYENNE-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- 1151 AM MDT MON APR 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF PANHANDLE NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL MUCH UNCERTAINTY TO THE TRACK OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS THE PINE RIDGE. THE MAIN CHANCES FOR SNOW SHOULD BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT SOME ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR AS EARLY AS TUESDAY NIGHT ALONG THE PINE RIDGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NEZ019-020-054-WYZ106>108-116>119-261800- SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-KIMBALL- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- 1151 AM MDT MON APR 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF PANHANDLE NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE OVER FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE MAIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT IS FOR HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING TUESDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 8:24 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Converse, Laramie, Platte | 19 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Platte | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 5:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 5:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 5:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 23 min |
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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.