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Snow Squall Warning 4, NWS Cheyenne, WY

January 22, 2025Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this snow squall warning at Jan 22, 2025, 3:45 PM MST for Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 30 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 22, 2025, 3:45 PM MST (22:45 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2025, 4:15 PM MST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon

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 22:51 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 22, 3:42 PM MST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 3:42 PM MST, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 3:43 PM MST, 2 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
343 PM MST Wed Jan 22 2025

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-232245-
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-
343 PM MST Wed Jan 22 2025

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

- Scattered snow showers will continue through early evening.
  Some of these may be locally intense. Gusty northwest winds
  continuing through the night and into Thursday morning will
  keep blowing snow concerns for areas that have yet to develop
  a crust on the snowpack, including the I-80 summit.

- Areas of light snow will continue through early Thursday
  morning, mainly in the higher terrain and in Niobrara County.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

- Another high wind event producing blowing snow is expected
  Thursday afternoon into Friday at all wind prone areas.

- Widespread snow showers expected this weekend.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 22, 2:18 PM MST, 1 hour 27 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 22, 1:42 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	CYS	Niobrara	15 hr
Jan 22, 1:52 PM MST	High Wind Watch	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte	12 hr
Jan 22, 2:18 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	117 min
Jan 22, 2:46 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning	CYS	Laramie	44 min
Jan 22, 4:16 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	44 min

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.