Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Warnings in 2018
High Wind Warning 34, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Jun 10, 2018, 12:59 PM MDT for Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jun 11, 2018, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 10, 2018, 12:59 PM MDT (18:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 11, 2018, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2018, 5:34 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 4248 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
800 WWUS75 KCYS 101859 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 1259 PM MDT Sun Jun 10 2018 ...Strong Winds Likely Late Tonight Into Monday Morning for South Laramie Range to Cheyenne...High Wind Warning in Effect... WYZ106-102000- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.A.0030.180611T0600Z-180611T1800Z/ Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County- Including the city of Bordeaux 1259 PM MDT Sun Jun 10 2018 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has cancelled the High Wind Watch. Stronger winds are expected further south near Cheyenne tonight into Monday morning. $$ WYZ116>118-111200- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0030.180611T0600Z-180611T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0034.180611T0600Z-180611T1500Z/ South Laramie Range-South Laramie Range Foothills- Central Laramie County- Including the cities of Buford, Pumpkin Vine, Vedauwoo, Whitaker, Federal, Horse Creek, and Cheyenne 1259 PM MDT Sun Jun 10 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY... The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect from midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Monday. The High Wind Watch is no longer in effect. * TIMING...Late Tonight Through Mid Monday Morning. * WINDS...West to Northwest Winds of 35 to 45 mph sustained with gusts to 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Light weight and high profile vehicles such as empty semis...camper trailers and RVs will face critical blow off or blowover risks. Especially on north to south oriented roads and interstates. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$
2 follow-up statements
312 WWUS75 KCYS 111021 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 421 AM MDT Mon Jun 11 2018 ...Strong Winds Anticipated to Continue through 9 AM MDT for the South Laramie Range to Cheyenne...A High Wind Warning is in Effect... WYZ116>118-111500- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0034.000000T0000Z-180611T1500Z/ South Laramie Range-South Laramie Range Foothills- Central Laramie County- Including the cities of Buford, Pumpkin Vine, Vedauwoo, Whitaker, Federal, Horse Creek, and Cheyenne 421 AM MDT Mon Jun 11 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...Through Mid Monday Morning. * WINDS...West to Northwest Winds of 35 to 45 mph sustained with gusts to 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Light weight and high profile vehicles such as empty semis...camper trailers and RVs will face critical blow off or blowover risks. Especially on north to south oriented roads and interstates. 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. && $$
625 WWUS75 KCYS 111134 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 534 AM MDT Mon Jun 11 2018 WYZ116>118-111245- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0034.000000T0000Z-180611T1500Z/ South Laramie Range-South Laramie Range Foothills- Central Laramie County- Including the cities of Buford, Pumpkin Vine, Vedauwoo, Whitaker, Federal, Horse Creek, and Cheyenne 534 AM MDT Mon Jun 11 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has cancelled the High Wind Warning. Gusty winds to 40 mph are still expected through 0900 MDT, however, the strongest winds have subsided. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2:41 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | CYS | 5 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Wyoming, 2018Every high wind warning in 2018
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.