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Snow Squall Warning 10, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this snow squall warning at Mar 2, 2024, 6:09 PM MST for Carbon County, Wyoming. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2024, 6:09 PM MST (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2024, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Carbon County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 423 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
- 2917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow squall warning 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 snow squall warning went out at Mar 2, 3:59 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 3:59 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 542 AM MST Sat Mar 2 2024 WYZ103>106-115-117-031245- North Laramie Range-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains- Shirley Basin-Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County- Laramie Valley-South Laramie Range Foothills- 542 AM MST Sat Mar 2 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Strong southwest winds expected today and tonight with critical blowoff or blowover potential for light weight and high profile vehicles. High Wind Warnings are in effect for today and tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY Snow returns to the forecast tonight into Sunday...leading to slick and or snow covered roads. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. WYZ109>114-116-031245- Central Carbon County-North Snowy Range Foothills- Southwest Carbon County-Sierra Madre Range- Upper North Platte River Basin-Snowy Range-South Laramie Range- 542 AM MST Sat Mar 2 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Strong southwest winds expected today and tonight with critical blowoff or blowover potential for light weight and high profile vehicles. High Wind Warnings are in effect for today and tonight. Moderate to heavy snow is expected over the Snowy and Sierra Madre Ranges today through Sunday. Winter STorm Warnings are in effect with 1 to 2 feet of expected snowfall. Lower elevations around the Snowy and Sierra Madre Ranges expected to see 6 to 8 inches of snowfall. Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for southwest Carbon County...the Arlington area on Interstate 80 and the Upper North Platte River Valley to include Saratoga. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101-102-107-108-118-119- 031245- 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- East Platte County-Goshen County-Central Laramie County- East Laramie County- 542 AM MST Sat Mar 2 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle Nebraska...east central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Strong southwest winds are likely today. High Wind Warnings are in effect for southeast Wyoming areas along Interstate 25. Fire weather danger will be high today with these strong winds and dry afternoon humidity. Red Flag Warnings are in effect for late morning through the afternoon. Strong winds may spread out of southeast Wyoming this evening into the Nebraska Panhandle. High Wind Watches have been posted for Niobrara and Goshen Counties in southeast Wyoming as well as the northern Nebraska Panhandle for tonight through Sunday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 2, 12:20 PM MST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 2, 6:59 PM MST | Snow Squall Warning | CYS | Carbon | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 9:29 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Albany | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 9:58 PM MST | Snow Squall Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 1:25 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | CYS | Goshen, Laramie, Platte | 17 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:52 PM MST | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:54 PM MST | Snow Squall Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 3:27 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 48 min |
| Mar 2, 9:02 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | CYS | Dawes, Sioux | 4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.