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High Wind Watch 35, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at May 8, 2022, 2:44 AM MDT for 6 counties in Wyoming; 6 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at May 9, 2022, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2022, 2:44 AM MDT (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2022, 3:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2022, 2:02 AM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 7, 11:40 PM MDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 11:40 PM MDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 2:26 PM MDT, 12 hours 18 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 226 PM MDT Sat May 7 2022 WYZ101>119-082030- 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- 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-East Laramie County- 226 PM MDT Sat May 7 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue through the afternoon and overnight hours. Some storms this evening may contain gusty winds and hail. Elevations above 7000 feet may see snow mix with rain later tonight. Mountain areas may see 4 to 6 inches of snow accumulation. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible again Sunday afternoon and night. Areas west of the Laramie Range will likely see a transition to snow Sunday night. Accumulations up to an inch are possible. Strong winds are possible on Monday. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-082030- Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County- Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County- Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County- 226 PM MDT Sat May 7 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle Nebraska. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue through the afternoon and overnight hours. Some storms this evening may contain gusty winds and hail. Isolated strong storms are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible again Sunday afternoon and night. Strong winds are possible on Monday. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation is unlikely this evening.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 1:10 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara, Platte | 31 hr |
| May 8, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte | 40 min |
Nearby
High Wind Watches in Wyoming, 2022High Wind Watches in Nebraska, 2022Every high wind watch in 2022
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.