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High Wind Watch 21, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Feb 26, 2022, 2:36 PM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Feb 27, 2022, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2022, 2:36 PM MST (21:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2022, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2022, 6:36 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 21:39 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 1968 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
866 WWUS75 KCYS 262136 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 236 PM MST Sat Feb 26 2022 WYZ106-110-271000- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.A.0021.220227T1200Z-220228T0600Z/ Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County- North Snowy Range Foothills- Including the cities of Bordeaux, Arlington, and Elk Mountain 236 PM MST Sat Feb 26 2022 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...West to southwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts approaching 65 mph. * WHERE...Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County, and North Snowy Range Foothills. * WHEN...Beginning 5 AM Sunday. * IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Strong cross winds will be hazardous to light weight and high profile vehicles, including campers and tractor trailers, with a risk for blow overs. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Watch means there is the potential for a hazardous high wind event. Sustained winds of at least 40 mph...or gusts of 58 mph or stronger may occur. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. && $$
1 follow-up statement
665 WWUS75 KCYS 270136 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 636 PM MST Sat Feb 26 2022 WYZ106-110-271200- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0021.220227T1200Z-220228T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0021.220227T1200Z-220228T0600Z/ Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County- North Snowy Range Foothills- Including the cities of Bordeaux, Arlington, and Elk Mountain 636 PM MST Sat Feb 26 2022 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... * WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph expected. * WHERE...Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County and North Snowy Range Foothills. * WHEN...From 5 AM to 11 PM MST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Strong cross winds will be hazardous to light weight and high profile vehicles, including campers and tractor trailers, with a risk for blow overs. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$
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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.