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High Wind Watch 24, NWS Cheyenne, WY

April 1, 20184 counties in Wyoming; 4 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Apr 1, 2018, 2:38 PM MDT for 4 counties in Wyoming; 4 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 2, 2018, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2018, 2:38 PM MDT (20:38 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2018, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 2, 2018, 4:07 AM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Banner County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2018-04-01Temperature 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 2018-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -72 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 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 Apr 1, 1:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 1:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 11:15 AM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
1115 AM MDT Sun Apr 1 2018

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>103-106>108-116>119-
021715-
Dawes-Box Butte-Scotts Bluff-Banner-Morrill-Kimball-Cheyenne-
North Sioux-South Sioux-Converse County Lower Elevations-
Niobrara County-North Laramie Range-
Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-
East Platte County-Goshen County-South Laramie Range-
South Laramie Range Foothills-Central Laramie County-
East Laramie County-
1115 AM MDT Sun Apr 1 2018

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

Another disturbance will move through the area on Monday night.
Snowfall accumulations will generally be an inch or less.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

WYZ104-105-109>115-021715-
Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-Shirley Basin-
Central Carbon County-North Snowy Range Foothills-
Southwest Carbon County-Sierra Madre Range-
Upper North Platte River Basin-Snowy Range-Laramie Valley-
1115 AM MDT Sun Apr 1 2018

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

Strong winds are expected to develop after midnight and will
continue much of Monday. Wind gusts in excess of 60mph are
possible mainly after sunrise Monday.

Another disturbance will move through the area late Monday
afternoon into Monday night. Snowfall accumulations will
generally be an inch or less.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 1, 12:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 2:38 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon, Laramie13 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Wyoming, 2018High Wind Watches in Nebraska, 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.