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Snow Squall Warning 9, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this snow squall warning at Feb 27, 2024, 5:18 AM MST for Laramie County, Wyoming; Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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
- Feb 27, 2024, 5:18 AM MST (12:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2024, 5:45 AM MST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kimball County, NE, Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 302 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
- 2072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 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 Feb 27, 4:12 AM MST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 4:12 AM MST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 2:31 PM MST, 14 hours 47 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 231 PM MST Mon Feb 26 2024 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-272145- 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- 231 PM MST Mon Feb 26 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle Nebraska...east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT Widespread strong winds continue today with High Wind Warnings running through this afternoon. Fire weather threat continues this afternoon with Red Flag Warnings in effect for the Nebraska Panhandle. Colder temperatures and snow tonight into Tuesday with 1-2 feet of snowfall expected in the Snowy and Sierra Madre Ranges. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY Snow accumulations of Trace to 3 inches possible for lower elevations Tuesday. Expecting single digit temperatures Tuesday night. High wind potential returns Tuesday night through Wednesday. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be needed.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 6:39 PM MST | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 18 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:39 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 36 min |
| Feb 27, 12:31 PM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 37 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:28 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 47 min |
Nearby
Snow Squall Warnings in Wyoming, 2024Snow Squall Warnings in Nebraska, 2024Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.