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High Wind Watch 19, NWS Cheyenne, WY

October 6, 2017Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Oct 6, 2017, 2:37 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It took effect at Oct 7, 2017, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2017, 2:37 PM MDT (20:37 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 7, 2017, 3:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 7, 2017, 2:28 AM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2017-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Oct 6, 11:11 AM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 11:11 AM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 3:23 AM MDT, 11 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
323 AM MDT Fri Oct 6 2017

WYZ101>119-070930-
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-
323 AM MDT Fri Oct 6 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of east central
Wyoming...south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Windy conditions will develop tonight and persist through Saturday
afternoon. The strongest winds will be in the wind prone areas of
southeast Wyoming where gusts to 60-65 mph are possible and a High
Wind Watch is in effect.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A strong cold front will move through the region Sunday evening,
bringing a good chance of accumulating snow to areas above 5000
feet on Sunday night into Monday morning.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-070930-
Dawes-Box Butte-Scotts Bluff-Banner-Morrill-Kimball-Cheyenne-
North Sioux-South Sioux-
323 AM MDT Fri Oct 6 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of western
Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A strong cold front will move through the region Sunday evening,
potentially bringing accumulating snow to areas above 5000 feet on
Sunday night into Monday morning.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 8:00 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryCYSAlbany, Laramie7 hr
Oct 6, 2:37 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon, Converse, Laramie, Platte28 hr
Oct 6, 2:43 PM MDTFire Weather WatchCYS12 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Wyoming, 2017Every high wind watch 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.