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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Cheyenne, WY

January 1, 2017Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm watch at Jan 1, 2017, 2:10 PM MST for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 2, 2017, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2017, 2:10 PM MST (21:10 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 2, 2017, 6:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 2, 2017, 3:08 AM MST
In force
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 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 1, 9:59 AM MST, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 9:59 AM MST, 4 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 5:09 AM MST, 9 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
509 AM MST SUN JAN 1 2017

WYZ101>119-021215-
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-
509 AM MST SUN JAN 1 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WYOMING...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AROUND ARLINGTON WITH
SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH SOME GUSTS TO UP 50
MPH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY WEST OF A CHADRON TO
LARAMIE LINE TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 1
TO 2 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PERIODIC LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A
LARAMIE TO LUSK LINE THROUGH MONDAY WITH THE SNOW TAPERING OFF
ACROSS THE NORTH DURING THE EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVER
THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-021215-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
509 AM MST SUN JAN 1 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF ALLIANCE TO
SCOTTSBLUFF LINE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AN
INCH OR LESS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 1, 10:19 AM MST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.