Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 29, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Nov 3, 2017, 4:43 PM MDT for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at Nov 4, 2017, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 14 hr. 4 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
- Nov 3, 2017, 4:43 PM MDT (22:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 4, 2017, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2017, 2:01 PM MDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 12:45 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 10 Ssw Hanna, WY | DANA RIDGE WYDOT SITE ON I-80. |
| Nov 4, 12:55 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 5 Nw Arlington, WY | WAGONHOUND WYDOT SITE ON I-80. SUSTAINED NEAR 40 MPH FOR ONE HOUR. |
| Nov 4, 1:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 3 Ese Elk Mountain, WY | COUNTY ROAD 402 WYDOT SITE ON I-80. SUSTAINED AT 40 MPH FOR ONE HOUR. |
| Nov 4, 1:05 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Nw I-80 Exit 255, WY | HALLECK RIDGE WYDOT SITE ON I-80. SUSTAINED 41 MPH FOR OVER ONE HOUR. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
311 WWUS75 KCYS 032243 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 443 PM MDT Fri Nov 3 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE ARLINGTON AREA ON INTERSTATE 80 THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... WYZ110-041200- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0029.171104T0600Z-171104T2100Z/ North Snowy Range Foothills- Including the cities of Arlington and Elk Mountain 443 PM MDT Fri Nov 3 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT SATURDAY... The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect from midnight tonight to 3 PM MDT Saturday. * TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM SATURDAY. * WINDS...West at 35 to 40 mph sustained with gusts to 65 mph. * IMPACTS...Extreme blowover risk for high profile and light weight vehicles. Exercise extreme caution if traveling through the Arlington area on Interstate 80 tonight and Saturday. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
126 WWUS75 KCYS 040812 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 212 AM MDT Sat Nov 4 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE ARLINGTON AREA ON INTERSTATE 80 THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... WYZ110-042100- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-171104T2100Z/ North Snowy Range Foothills- Including the cities of Arlington and Elk Mountain 212 AM MDT Sat Nov 4 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM SATURDAY. * WINDS...West at 25 to 40 mph sustained with gusts up to 60 mph. * IMPACTS...Blowover risk for high profile and light weight vehicles. Use caution if traveling through the Arlington area on Interstate 80 through this afternoon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$
213 WWUS75 KCYS 042001 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 201 PM MDT Sat Nov 4 2017 ...Strong Winds Diminishing... WYZ110-042115- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-171104T2100Z/ North Snowy Range Foothills- Including the cities of Arlington and Elk Mountain 201 PM MDT Sat Nov 4 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has cancelled the High Wind Warning. Winds will likely continue to gust to around 50 mph through mid afternoon. Widespread wind gusts to 60 mph are no longer expected. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 10:09 PM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 11 hr |
| Nov 3, 3:23 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 11 hr |
Nearby
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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.