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High Wind Warning 37, NWS Cheyenne, WY

November 30, 2017Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Nov 30, 2017, 7:52 PM MST for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It was in force for 5 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
Nov 30, 2017, 7:52 PM MST (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 2017, 1:18 AM MST
In force
5 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 02:55 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 2017-12-01Temperature 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, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 2017-12-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

752 
WWUS75 KCYS 010252
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
752 PM MST Thu Nov 30 2017

...Strong Winds Along Interstate 80 Between Laramie and Rawlins
Through Friday Morning...

WYZ110-011300-
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0037.171201T0252Z-171201T1800Z/
North Snowy Range Foothills-
Including the cities of Arlington and Elk Mountain
752 PM MST Thu Nov 30 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY...

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a High Wind
Warning, which is in effect until 11 AM MST Friday. 

* TIMING...Through Friday Morning. 

* WINDS...West to southwest 35 to 45 MPH with occasional gusts up
  to 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Sudden cross winds will be
  dangerous to light weight and high profile vehicles, especially
  along Interstate 80 near Arlington. 

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.

&&

$$

CLH
1 follow-up statement
950 
WWUS75 KCYS 010818
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
118 AM MST Fri Dec 1 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

WYZ110-010930-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0037.000000T0000Z-171201T1800Z/
North Snowy Range Foothills-
Including the cities of Arlington and Elk Mountain
118 AM MST Fri Dec 1 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

Sustained westerly winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph
will continue overnight across the North Snowy Range Foothills
including Arlington.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 1:53 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchCYSAlbany, Carbon, Converse, Laramie, Niobrara, Platte47 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Wyoming, 2017Every high wind warning in 2017

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.