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High Wind Watch 40, NWS Cheyenne, WY

October 11, 2023Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming; 8 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Oct 11, 2023, 3:28 PM MDT for Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming; 8 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 12, 2023, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 11, 2023, 3:28 PM MDT (21:28 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 12, 2023, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired: Oct 12, 2023, 2:45 PM MDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 Oct 11, 12:14 PM MDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 12:14 PM MDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 11, 1:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 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
Oct 11, 2:16 AM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Laramie	14 hr
Oct 11, 2:16 AM MDT	Winter Storm Warning	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Converse, Laramie, Platte	52 hr
Oct 11, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Albany	24 min
Oct 11, 1:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Albany	31 min
Oct 11, 1:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Platte	52 min
Oct 11, 3:51 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Converse, Laramie, Niobrara, Platte	38 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.