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Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this winter storm warning at Mar 6, 2024, 1:10 PM MST for Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It took effect at Mar 7, 2024, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 27 hr. 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 6, 2024, 1:10 PM MST (20:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2024, 8:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2024, 10:53 AM MST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 382 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
- 1577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 6, 10:55 AM MST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 10:55 AM MST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 4:24 AM MST, 8 hours 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 424 AM MST Wed Mar 6 2024 WYZ106-116>118-071130- Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County- South Laramie Range-South Laramie Range Foothills- Central Laramie County- 424 AM MST Wed Mar 6 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY Snow returns to the south Laramie Range and adjacent lower elevations Thursday and Friday. Significant snow accumulations are possible for the Interstate 80 Summit...adjacent eastern foothills and central Laramie County to include the city of Cheyenne. A Winter Storm Watch has been posted for the Summit where 6 to 9 inches of snow could fall. Eastern foothills into Cheyenne may see 2 to 5 inches of new snowfall. This will lead to hazardous driving conditions Thursday evening into Friday afternoon. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. WYZ101>105-107>111-113-115-119-071130- Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County- North Laramie Range-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains- Shirley Basin-East Platte County-Goshen County- Central Carbon County-North Snowy Range Foothills- Southwest Carbon County-Upper North Platte River Basin- Laramie Valley-East Laramie County- 424 AM MST Wed Mar 6 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. WYZ112-114-071130- Sierra Madre Range-Snowy Range- 424 AM MST Wed Mar 6 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Snow continues for the Snowy and Sierra Madre Ranges today. Accumulations of 3 to 4 inches are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNow returns to the Snowy Range Thursday and Friday where 6 to 10 inches of snow is possible. This will lead to hazardous winter weather for hikers and snowmobilers. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-071130- Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County- Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County- Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County- 424 AM MST Wed Mar 6 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle Nebraska. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY Areas of fog are possible Thursday morning across the Nebraska Panhandle as upslope northeast winds develop. This may lead to hazardous travel conditions for drivers due to very low visibility. Some freezing drizzle is possible Thursday morning before turning over to light snow. This southern half of the Nebraska Panhandle may see 1-2 inches of new snowfall through Friday. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 1:20 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 12 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:10 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.