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Winter Storm Watch 10, NWS Cheyenne, WY

April 24, 20165 counties in Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm watch at Apr 24, 2016, 8:24 PM MDT for 5 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Apr 25, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2016, 8:24 PM MDT (02:24 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 25, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired: Apr 25, 2016, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
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 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Apr 24, 5:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 5:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 3:44 PM MDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:00 PM MDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 3:30 PM MDT	Winter Storm Warning	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Converse, Laramie, Platte	29 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

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Wyoming, 2016 Every winter storm watch in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.