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High Wind Watch 17, NWS Cheyenne, WY

February 15, 20184 counties in Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Feb 15, 2018, 1:52 PM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Feb 16, 2018, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 2018, 1:52 PM MST (20:52 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2018, 12:00 PM MST
Expired
Feb 16, 2018, 2:58 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 283 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 2018-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2018-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1848 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
109 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 Feb 15, 10:45 AM MST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 10:45 AM MST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 3:46 AM MST, 10 hours 6 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
346 AM MST Thu Feb 15 2018

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>103-107-108-118-119-
161100-
Dawes-Box Butte-Scotts Bluff-Banner-Morrill-Kimball-Cheyenne-
North Sioux-South Sioux-Converse County Lower Elevations-
Niobrara County-North Laramie Range-East Platte County-
Goshen County-Central Laramie County-East Laramie County-
346 AM MST Thu Feb 15 2018

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A strong cold front will pass across the area Sunday with some
accumulating snow expected to fall behind the front.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

WYZ104>106-109>117-161100-
Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-Shirley Basin-
Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte 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-
346 AM MST Thu Feb 15 2018

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Some snow and snow showers will fall mainly over the mountains
today.  Some gusty winds are also expected this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A period of strong winds is looking likely around the mountains
late Friday through Saturday. A strong cold front will pass by
Sunday and should bring accumulating snow to the area into Sunday
night.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 15, 1:35 PM MST, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 10:29 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryCYSAlbany, Carbon, Laramie6 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Wyoming, 2018Every high wind watch 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.