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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Cheyenne, WY

February 16, 20187 counties in Wyoming; Box Butte County, Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm watch at Feb 16, 2018, 2:20 PM MST for 7 counties in Wyoming; Box Butte County, Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 18, 2018, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 2018, 2:20 PM MST (21:20 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 18, 2018, 8:00 AM MST
Expired: Feb 18, 2018, 2:44 AM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Converse County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 16, 11:07 AM MST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 11:07 AM MST, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 5:59 AM MST, 8 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 16, 11:35 AM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 16, 12:12 PM MST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1212 PM MST FRI FEB 16 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1150 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST ARLINGTON               41.59N 106.21W
02/16/2018  M58 MPH          CARBON             WY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SUSTAINED WIND 48 MPH.

1150 AM     HIGH SUST WINDS  3 NW ARLINGTON          41.62N 106.25W
02/16/2018  M42 MPH          CARBON             WY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

1155 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 7 NW ELK MOUNTAIN       41.76N 106.51W
02/16/2018  M58 MPH          CARBON             WY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            THIS IS WYDOT SITE HALLECK RIDGE. SUSTAINED WIND 45 MPH.

1155 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 5 NW ARLINGTON          41.64N 106.28W
02/16/2018  M58 MPH          CARBON             WY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            THIS IS WYDOT SITE WAGONHOUND. SUSTAINED WIJND 45 MPH.

1155 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST ARLINGTON               41.59N 106.21W
02/16/2018  M60 MPH          CARBON             WY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SUSTAINED WIND 49 MPH.

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DDEAL

Local storm report, Feb 16, 12:12 PM MST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1212 PM MST FRI FEB 16 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1150 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST ARLINGTON               41.59N 106.21W
02/16/2018  M58 MPH          CARBON             WY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SUSTAINED WIND 48 MPH.

1150 AM     HIGH SUST WINDS  3 NW ARLINGTON          41.62N 106.25W
02/16/2018  M42 MPH          CARBON             WY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

1155 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 7 NW ELK MOUNTAIN       41.76N 106.51W
02/16/2018  M58 MPH          CARBON             WY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            WYDOT SITE HALLECK RIDGE. SUSTAINED WIND 45 MPH.

1155 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 5 NW ARLINGTON          41.64N 106.28W
02/16/2018  M58 MPH          CARBON             WY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            WYDOT SITE WAGONHOUND. SUSTAINED WIND 45 MPH.

1155 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST ARLINGTON               41.59N 106.21W
02/16/2018  M60 MPH          CARBON             WY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SUSTAINED WIND 49 MPH.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 16, 2:44 AM MST	Blizzard Warning	CYS	Albany, Carbon	24 hr
Feb 16, 2:58 AM MST	High Wind Warning	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Converse, Laramie, Platte	61 hr
Feb 16, 10:25 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	CYS	Albany, Carbon	8 hr
Feb 16, 2:16 PM MST	High Wind Watch	CYS	Albany, Converse, Platte	13 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Wyoming, 2018 Winter Storm Watches in Nebraska, 2018 Every winter storm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.