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High Wind Watch 30, NWS Cheyenne, WY

November 12, 20206 counties in Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Nov 12, 2020, 1:21 AM MST for 6 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Nov 12, 2020, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2020, 1:21 AM MST (08:21 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 12, 2020, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Nov 13, 2020, 1:24 AM MST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

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

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 277 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 00:00Z on 2020-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 2020-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 Nov 11, 10:34 PM MST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 10:34 PM MST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 11, 8:21 PM MST, 5 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
821 PM MST Wed Nov 11 2020

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>109-111>119-130330-
Dawes-Box Butte-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-Morrill-
Kimball County-Cheyenne-North Sioux-South Sioux-
Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County-
North Laramie Range-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-
Shirley Basin-Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-
East Platte County-Goshen County-Central Carbon County-
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-East Laramie County-
821 PM MST Wed Nov 11 2020

This hazardous weather outlook is for the western Nebraska
Panhandle...east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and
southeast Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

Occasional light snow showers will accompany a upper level
disturbance and cold frontal passage. Gusty winds of 30 to
40 mph will create areas of blowing snow. Two to four inches
of snow will fall over the Snowy and Sierra Madre Ranges.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

Widespread very strong winds are possible Friday night and
Saturday.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be required.

WYZ110-130330-
North Snowy Range Foothills-
821 PM MST Wed Nov 11 2020

This hazardous weather outlook is for a portion of south central
Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

Strong west winds with gusts of 55 to 65 mph are expected late
tonight. High Wind Warning becomes effective at 2 AM MST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

Strong west winds with gusts of 55 to 65 mph will continue through
Thursday afternoon. The High Wind Warning remains in effect until
2 PM MST.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotters are encouraged to report strong winds or other significant
weather to the National Weather Service in Cheyenne.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 8:10 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon20 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.