Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 10, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Feb 16, 2017, 7:02 PM MST for Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It took effect at Feb 16, 2017, 8:00 PM MST. It was in force for 7 hr. 1 report 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
- Feb 16, 2017, 7:02 PM MST (02:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2017, 8:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2017, 3:20 AM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 11:13 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 10 Wsw I-25 Exit 92, WY | PEAK WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 59 AND 64 MPH FROM 1028 PM TO 1113 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 4608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
345 WWUS75 KCYS 170202 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 702 PM MST Thu Feb 16 2017 ...High Wind Warning for the Bordeaux Area Tonight... WYZ106-171200- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0010.170217T0300Z-170217T1200Z/ Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County- Including the city of Bordeaux 702 PM MST Thu Feb 16 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 5 AM MST Friday. * TIMING...Wind speeds will begin to increase by 9pm with strong winds persisting through daybreak. * WINDS...Sustained winds increasing to 40 to 50 mph with some gusts between 60 and 65 mph possible. * IMPACTS...Lightweight and high profile vehicles will be affected especially along I-25 between mile markers 55 and 75. Truck blow overs are very common with these high wind speeds. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
117 WWUS75 KCYS 171020 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 320 AM MST Fri Feb 17 2017 WYZ106-171130- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-170217T1200Z/ Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County- Including the city of Bordeaux 320 AM MST Fri Feb 17 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has cancelled the High Wind Warning. West to northwest winds of 25 to 35 MPH with gusts to 40 MPH will continue through early this morning. $$ HAMMER
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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.