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Snow Squall Warning 16, NWS Cheyenne, WY

February 17, 2019Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this snow squall warning at Feb 17, 2019, 4:24 PM MST for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2019, 4:24 PM MST (23:24 UTC)
Expired: Feb 17, 2019, 5:00 PM MST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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 snow squall warning 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 snow squall warning went out at Feb 17, 3:51 PM MST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 3:51 PM MST, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 4:02 PM MST, 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 17, 10:40 AM MST, 5 hours 44 minutes before

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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, 6:08 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning	CYS	Laramie	52 min
Feb 16, 6:34 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning	CYS	Platte	26 min
Feb 16, 6:59 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning	CYS	Goshen, Laramie, Platte	31 min
Feb 16, 7:28 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning	CYS	Goshen, Laramie, Platte	32 min
Feb 16, 7:57 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning	CYS	Laramie	48 min
Feb 17, 3:03 PM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	CYS	Converse, Niobrara	18 hr

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in Wyoming, 2019 Every snow squall 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.