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High Wind Warning 21, NWS Cheyenne, WY

April 8, 2019Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Apr 8, 2019, 12:14 PM MDT for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It took effect at Apr 9, 2019, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2019, 12:14 PM MDT (18:14 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2019, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 8, 2019, 12:36 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 230 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, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2019-04-08Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2019-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

609 
WWUS75 KCYS 081814
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
1214 PM MDT Mon Apr 8 2019

...High Wind Warning is in effect for the Arlington Area...

WYZ110-090215-
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0021.190409T1800Z-190409T2300Z/
North Snowy Range Foothills-
Including the cities of Arlington and Elk Mountain
1214 PM MDT Mon Apr 8 2019

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM MDT TUESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a High Wind
Warning, which is in effect from noon to 5 PM MDT Tuesday. 

* TIMING...Noon to 5 pm. 

* WINDS...Strong west to southwest winds will continue at speeds
  of 55 to 60 mph through mid afternoon along portions of I-80. 

* IMPACTS...Lightweight and high profile vehicles are vulnerable
  to being blown over in these conditions.  

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
303 
WWUS75 KCYS 081836
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
1236 PM MDT Mon Apr 8 2019

...High Wind Warning is in Effect until 5 pm Today for the 
Arlington Area...

WYZ110-082300-
/O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0021.190409T1800Z-190409T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0022.190408T1836Z-190408T2300Z/
North Snowy Range Foothills-
Including the cities of Arlington and Elk Mountain
1236 PM MDT Mon Apr 8 2019

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a High Wind
Warning, which is in effect until 5 PM MDT this afternoon. The
High Wind Warning has been cancelled. 

* TIMING...Noon to 5 pm.

* WINDS...Strong west to southwest winds will continue at speeds 
  of 55 to 60 mph through mid afternoon along portions of I-80. 

* IMPACTS...Lightweight and high profile vehicles are vulnerable 
  to being blown over in these conditions. 

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 2:55 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchCYSAlbany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara and 1 more34 hr
Apr 8, 12:36 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon4 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Wyoming, 2019Every high wind warning in 2019

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.