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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Cheyenne, WY

January 10, 2025Carbon County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Jan 10, 2025, 2:38 AM MST for Carbon County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 10, 2025, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 10, 2025, 2:38 AM MST (09:38 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 10, 2025, 2:00 PM MST
Expired: Jan 11, 2025, 4:44 AM MST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Carbon County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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 Jan 9, 10:28 PM MST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 10:28 PM MST, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 4:41 AM MST, 21 hours 57 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
441 AM MST Thu Jan 9 2025

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-101145-
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-
441 AM MST Thu Jan 9 2025

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

- Light to moderate snow showers continue through mid morning
  today. Accumulations will be focused on the higher terrain and
  elevated ridges of the High Plains.

- Widespread wind gusts of 40 to 50 MPH are expected through the
  early afternoon, producing areas of blowing and drifting snow.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

- Another system will bring a chance for widespread snow and
  strong winds late Friday through early Sunday as wintry
  temperatures stick around through early next week.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotters are encouraged to report new snow totals to the NWS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 10, 12:04 AM MST, 2 hours 34 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 10, 2:46 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	CYS	Albany, Carbon	51 hr
Jan 10, 2:03 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Converse, Laramie, Niobrara, Platte	27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.