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High Wind Warning 12, NWS Cheyenne, WY

February 25, 2017Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Feb 25, 2017, 3:04 PM MST for Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2017, 3:04 PM MST (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2017, 6:29 PM MST
In force
3 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 22:09 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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-02-25Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

771 
WWUS75 KCYS 252204
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
304 PM MST Sat Feb 25 2017

...Strong Winds For Bordeaux Area through Mid Evening....

WYZ106-260300-
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0012.170225T2204Z-170226T0300Z/
Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-
Including the city of Bordeaux
304 PM MST Sat Feb 25 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a High Wind
Warning, which is in effect until 8 PM MST this evening. 

* TIMING...Through 8 PM this evening.

* WINDS...Westerly at 35 to 45 MPH sustained with gusts to 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Light weight and high
  profile vehicles traveling on Interstate 25 have a heightened risk
  of blowover.


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
651 
WWUS75 KCYS 260129
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
629 PM MST Sat Feb 25 2017

WYZ106-260230-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-170226T0300Z/
Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-
Including the city of Bordeaux
629 PM MST Sat Feb 25 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has cancelled the High
Wind Warning. 

The threat for high winds has diminished along I-25 near the
Bordeaux interchange, so will cancel the Warning.

$$

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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.