Alert archive / Nebraska / High Wind Warnings in 2018
High Wind Warning 22, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Mar 6, 2018, 10:05 AM MST for Cheyenne County, Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 7 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
- Mar 6, 2018, 10:05 AM MST (17:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2018, 5:02 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Cheyenne County, NE, Morrill County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 10:15 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 47 | 10 Ese Broadwater, NE | LISCO1 UPR SITE. SUSTAINED OVER 40 MPH FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR. |
| Mar 6, 11:25 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | Sidney Airport, NE | SIDNEY AIRPORT ASOS. AVERAGE SUSTAINED WIND FOR PAST HOUR ENDING AT 1125 AM MST. |
| Mar 6, 12:00 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 46 | 6 Ese Bridgeport, NE | THIS IS UPR417 TOWER1. |
| Mar 6, 12:02 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 1 Sw The Intersection O, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 2501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
871 WWUS75 KCYS 061705 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 1005 AM MST Tue Mar 6 2018 ...STRONG WINDS IN THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... NEZ021-055-070100- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0022.180306T1705Z-180307T0100Z/ Morrill-Cheyenne- Including the cities of Angora, Bridgeport, Bayard, Redington, Brownson, and Sidney 1005 AM MST Tue Mar 6 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 6 PM MST this evening. * TIMING...Until 6 PM MST this evening. * WINDS...Northwest 35 to 45 MPH with gusts to 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Dangerous travel for light weight and high profile vehicles, including camping trailers. Strong cross winds may result in an elevated risk for blow overs of these types of vehicles. 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. && $$ CLH
1 follow-up statement
347 WWUS75 KCYS 070002 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 502 PM MST Tue Mar 6 2018 NEZ021-055-070115- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-180307T0100Z/ Morrill-Cheyenne- Including the cities of Angora, Bridgeport, Bayard, Redington, Brownson, and Sidney 502 PM MST Tue Mar 6 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has cancelled the High Wind Warning. Strong sustained winds above 40 MPH have diminished early this evening. Occasional gusts up to 35 MPH are possible over the next hour or two, but light winds are expected by midnight. $$
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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.