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Snow Squall Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY

January 12, 2024Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this snow squall warning at Jan 12, 2024, 2:31 PM MST for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It was in force for 44 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: Jan 12, 2024, 2:31 PM MST (21:31 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2024, 3:15 PM MST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Significant

Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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 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 Jan 12, 1:52 PM MST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 1:52 PM MST, 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 12, 10:39 AM MST, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 12, 12:06 PM MST, 2 hours 25 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
Jan 12, 12:16 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	CYS	Albany, Carbon	14 hr
Jan 12, 1:52 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning	CYS	Carbon	38 min
Jan 12, 2:41 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Goshen	49 min
Jan 12, 3:06 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning	CYS	Albany, Carbon	39 min
Jan 12, 3:48 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	CYS	Albany, Carbon	57 min
Jan 12, 4:43 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	CYS	Albany, Carbon	47 min
Jan 12, 4:55 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning	CYS	Carbon	35 min

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in Wyoming, 2024 Every snow squall warning in 2024

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.