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High Wind Watch 22, NWS Cheyenne, WY

October 15, 20204 counties in Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Oct 15, 2020, 2:08 AM MDT for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Oct 16, 2020, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2020, 2:08 AM MDT (08:08 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 16, 2020, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 16, 2020, 11:28 AM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 283 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 00:00Z on 2020-10-15Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2020-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
113 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
400 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 high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Oct 14, 11:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 11:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 6:17 PM MDT, 7 hours 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
617 PM MDT Wed Oct 14 2020

WYZ101-103>107-109>118-160030-
Converse County Lower Elevations-North Laramie Range-
Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-Shirley Basin-
Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-
East Platte County-Central Carbon County-
North Snowy Range Foothills-Southwest Carbon County-
Sierra Madre Range-Upper North Platte River Basin-Snowy Range-
Laramie Valley-South Laramie Range-South Laramie Range Foothills-
Central Laramie County-
617 PM MDT Wed Oct 14 2020

This hazardous weather outlook is for most of southeast Wyoming,
along and west of Interstate 25.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

Strong winds from earlier today will continue to subside this
evening. Occasional wind gusts up to 50 mph are expected west of
Interstate 25 before winds fall below 30 mph after midnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

Strong winds may return to southeast Wyoming Friday night, ahead
of the next cold front.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be required.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ102-108-119-160030-
Dawes-Box Butte-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-Morrill-
Kimball County-Cheyenne-North Sioux-South Sioux-Niobrara County-
Goshen County-East Laramie County-
617 PM MDT Wed Oct 14 2020

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle
Nebraska...western Nebraska...east central Wyoming and southeast
Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be required.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 2:43 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte51 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Wyoming, 2020Every high wind watch in 2020

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.