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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Jan 10, 2018, 12:03 AM MST for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It was in force for 7 hr. 6 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
- Jan 10, 2018, 12:03 AM MST (07:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2018, 6:35 AM MST
- In force
- 7 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 07:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 12:05 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 7 Nw Elk Mountain, WY | HALLECK RIDGE WYDOT SENSOR NORTHWEST OF ELK MOUNTAIN. |
| Jan 10, 12:05 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | Arlington, WY | WYDOT SENSOR AT ARLINGTON. |
| Jan 10, 12:10 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 2 Ese Arlington, WY | WYDOT SENSOR EAST OF ARLINGTON. |
| Jan 10, 12:30 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 3 Nw Arlington, WY | FOOTE CREEK WYDOT SENSOR NEAR ARLINGTON. |
| Jan 10, 12:35 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 76 | 7 Ese Arlington, WY | WYDOT SENSOR AT COOPER COVE...SOUTHEAST OF ARLINGTON. |
| Jan 10, 12:50 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 15 Nne Centennial, WY | WYDOT SENSOR AT STROUSS HILL. |
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 00:00Z, 7.1 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
- 1798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
262 WWUS75 KCYS 100703 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 1203 AM MST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...VERY STRONG WINDS NEAR ARLINGTON AND ELK MOUNTAIN MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT... WYZ110-101200- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0002.180110T0703Z-180110T1200Z/ North Snowy Range Foothills- Including the cities of Arlington and Elk Mountain 1203 AM MST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 5 AM MST early this morning. * TIMING...Through 5 AM MST this morning. * WINDS...West to southwest 40 to 55 MPH with gusts around 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Dangerous travel conditions for light weight and high profile vehicles, including potential for blow overs. This includes the Arlington and Elk Mountain area along Interstate 80 between Laramie and Rawlins. 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. && $$ CLH
2 follow-up statements
899 WWUS75 KCYS 101155 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 455 AM MST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE IN THE ARLINGTON AND ELK MOUNTAIN AREAS... WYZ110-101400- /O.EXT.KCYS.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180110T1400Z/ North Snowy Range Foothills- Including the cities of Arlington and Elk Mountain 455 AM MST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...Through 7 AM MST this morning. * WINDS...West to southwest 40 to 50 MPH with gusts 55 to 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Dangerous travel conditions for light weight and high profile vehicles, including potential for blow overs. This includes the Arlington and Elk Mountain area along Interstate 80 between Laramie and Rawlins. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$ CLH
710 WWUS75 KCYS 101335 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 635 AM MST Wed Jan 10 2018 WYZ110-101445- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180110T1400Z/ North Snowy Range Foothills- Including the cities of Arlington and Elk Mountain 635 AM MST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has cancelled the High Wind Warning. Winds have diminished below warning criteria. However, west to southwest winds of 30 to 40 MPH with gusts around 50 MPH will remain possible this morning, mainly between Interstate 80 mile markers 245 and 255 between Laramie and Rawlins, near Halleck Ridge. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 1:33 PM MST | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 14 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.