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High Wind Watch 48, NWS Cheyenne, WY

December 16, 20257 counties in Wyoming; Sioux County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Dec 16, 2025, 1:38 AM MST for 7 counties in Wyoming; Sioux County, Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 17, 2025, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 16, 2025, 1:38 AM MST (08:38 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 17, 2025, 5:00 AM MST
Expired: Dec 16, 2025, 2:50 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Sioux County, NE, Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Converse County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 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 Dec 15, 10:20 PM MST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 10:20 PM MST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 1:16 PM MST, 12 hours 22 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
Dec 16, 2:50 PM MST	High Wind Warning	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara and 1 more	43 hr
Dec 16, 2:52 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	CYS	Albany, Carbon	27 hr
Dec 16, 2:50 PM MST	High Wind Watch	CYS	Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff and 1 more	11 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Wyoming, 2025 High Wind Watches in Nebraska, 2025 Every high wind watch in 2025

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.