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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Cheyenne, WY

March 28, 20167 counties in Wyoming; 8 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm watch at Mar 28, 2016, 5:29 AM MDT for 7 counties in Wyoming; 8 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 29, 2016, 3:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2016, 5:29 AM MDT (11:29 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 29, 2016, 3:00 PM MDT
Expired: Mar 29, 2016, 2:54 PM MDT
In force
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, Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Converse County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:35 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.

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 Mar 27, 11:32 PM MDT, 5 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 11:32 PM MDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 5:07 AM MDT, 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
507 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016

WYZ101>119-291100-
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY-
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-
SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-
SIERRA MADRE RANGE-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE-
LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
507 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WYOMING...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL LOOKS LIKELY
ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT.
WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MANY AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-291100-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
507 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A WINTER STORM SYSTEM COULD BRING SNOW ON WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH
GUSTY WINDS. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY OVER
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 2:01 PM MDT	Blizzard Watch	CYS	Albany, Converse, Niobrara, Platte	25 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Nebraska, 2016 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.