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Snow Squall Warning 7, NWS Cheyenne, WY
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 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.
- 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
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 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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Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 7:35 PM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 23 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:26 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | Carbon | 26 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:24 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 51 min |
| Feb 3, 12:45 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 45 min |
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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.