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High Wind Watch 38, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 13, 20224 counties in Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Jun 13, 2022, 2:44 AM MDT for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Jun 14, 2022, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2022, 2:44 AM MDT (08:44 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 14, 2022, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 13, 2022, 2:07 PM MDT
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 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 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 2022-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2022-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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 Jun 12, 11:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 11:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 4:36 AM MDT, 22 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
436 AM MDT Sun Jun 12 2022

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-131045-
Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-
Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County-
Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County-
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-
436 AM MDT Sun Jun 12 2022

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Near record high temperatures are possible today. Isolated to
scattered thunderstorms could produce strong to severe downburst
winds. Large hail and an isolated tornado could be possible in the
higher moisture environment northeast of a line roughly from Lusk
to Sidney.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

Continued near record high temperatures are possible on Monday.
There is a possibility for elevated to near high winds in Carbon
county. A strong cold front will push through late on Monday and
bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to our western counties.
High winds are possible in the wind prone areas on Tuesday.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation may be required. Please monitor the latest
forecast updates in the event that the spotter network will be
needed to provide weather reports during any severe weather that
may occur today.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:27 AM MDT, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:07 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchCYSAlbany, Carbon, Converse, Laramie, Platte28 hr
Jun 13, 2:07 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Platte28 hr
Jun 13, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara23 min
Jun 13, 5:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSNiobrara34 min
Jun 13, 5:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSConverse35 min
Jun 13, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSConverse, Niobrara, Platte39 min
Jun 13, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSNiobrara49 min
Jun 12, 6:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSMorrill39 min
Jun 12, 6:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSBox Butte44 min
Jun 12, 6:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSMorrill34 min

Nearby

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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.