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High Wind Watch 41, NWS Cheyenne, WY

December 29, 20204 counties in Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Dec 29, 2020, 2:26 AM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Dec 30, 2020, 2:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 29, 2020, 2:26 AM MST (09:26 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 30, 2020, 2:00 AM MST
Expired: Dec 29, 2020, 1:44 PM MST
In force
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 09:29 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 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 Dec 28, 10:04 PM MST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 10:04 PM MST, 4 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 6:22 AM MST, 20 hours 4 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
Dec 29, 1:44 PM MST	High Wind Warning	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte	40 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Wyoming, 2020 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.