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High Wind Watch 53, NWS Cheyenne, WY

December 24, 2023Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming; Banner County, Cheyenne County, Kimball County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Dec 24, 2023, 2:49 PM MST for Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming; Banner County, Cheyenne County, Kimball County, Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 25, 2023, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2023, 2:49 PM MST (21:49 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 25, 2023, 5:00 PM MST
Expired
Dec 25, 2023, 2:38 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Banner County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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 24, 10:22 AM MST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 10:22 AM MST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 3:11 AM MST, 11 hours 38 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
311 AM MST Sun Dec 24 2023

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-251015-
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-
311 AM MST Sun Dec 24 2023

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Widespread light snow and areas of blowing snow continues through
midday Sunday. Minor holiday travel impacts are possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

Temperatures will trend much colder through Christmas Day, with
daytime highs in the upper 20s and lower 30s and morning lows in
the middle teens to single digits Monday.

Strong winds gusting around 50 mph and light snowfall return
Monday night into Tuesday for areas east of the Laramie Range
behind the departing holiday storm system.

.Spotter information statement...

Please report any snowfall measurements to the NWS Cheyenne
office.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 24, 11:50 AM MST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 2:25 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchCYSLaramie24 hr

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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.