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Snow Squall Warning 7, NWS Cheyenne, WY

February 3, 2019Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this snow squall warning at Feb 3, 2019, 12:07 PM MST for Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 23 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 3, 2019, 12:07 PM MST (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Feb 3, 2019, 12:30 PM MST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 245 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 2019-02-03Temperature 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 2019-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
2493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 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 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 3, 11:08 AM MST, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 11:08 AM MST, 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 3:21 AM MST, 8 hours 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
321 AM MST Sun Feb 3 2019

WYZ106-110-116-117-041030-
Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-
North Snowy Range Foothills-South Laramie Range-
South Laramie Range Foothills-
321 AM MST Sun Feb 3 2019

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

.HIGH WIND WARNINGS UNTIL 11 PM...

Strong west to southwest winds with gusts to
65 MPH will continue today across the North Snowy Range
foothills. Strong winds will continue until late this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

Snow may cause travel impacts across much of southeast Wyoming
mid to late next week. Please stay tuned to the latest forecasts.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be required. Spotters are encouraged
to report high winds to the National Weather Service.

WYZ101>105-107>109-111-113>115-118-119-041030-
Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County-
North Laramie Range-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-
Shirley Basin-East Platte County-Goshen County-
Central Carbon County-Southwest Carbon County-
Upper North Platte River Basin-Snowy Range-Laramie Valley-
Central Laramie County-East Laramie County-
321 AM MST Sun Feb 3 2019

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

West to southwest winds will occasionally gust to near 45 to 50 MPH
near the higher terrain tonight. A slight chance of snow showers
along the Pine Ridge this evening no accumulations expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

Snow may cause travel impacts across much of the area mid to late
next week. Please stay tuned to the latest forecasts.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be required. Spotters are encouraged
to report snow amounts to the National Weather Service.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-041030-
Dawes-Box Butte-Scotts Bluff-Banner-Morrill-Kimball-Cheyenne-
North Sioux-South Sioux-
321 AM MST Sun Feb 3 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of western
Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A few wind gusts to 40 mph will be possible today. A few light
rain and snow showers will spread south into the northern Nebraska
Panhandle this afternoon and evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

Snow may cause travel impacts across much of the western Nebraska
Panhandle mid to late next week. Please stay tuned to the latest
forecasts.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter Activation will not be needed.

WYZ112-041030-
Sierra Madre Range-
321 AM MST Sun Feb 3 2019

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

.WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MST...

Snow, heavy at times, will develop this morning and continue this
afternoon along a cold front. 6 to 10 inches with isolated greater
amounts are possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

Light snow will continue through monday and tuesday with amounts
generally less than 3 inches Snow may cause travel impacts across
much of the area from mid to late next week. Please stay tuned to
the latest forecasts.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 3, 7:43 AM MST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 7:35 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte23 hr
Feb 3, 2:26 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryCYSCarbon26 hr
Feb 3, 11:24 AM MSTSnow Squall WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon51 min
Feb 3, 12:45 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementCYSLaramie45 min

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in Wyoming, 2019Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.