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High Wind Watch 19, NWS Cheyenne, WY

March 6, 20264 counties in Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Mar 6, 2026, 1:14 AM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Mar 7, 2026, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2026, 1:14 AM MST (08:14 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 7, 2026, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Mar 6, 2026, 12:54 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

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

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 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 Mar 5, 10:20 PM MST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 10:20 PM MST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 4:11 PM MST, 9 hours 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
411 PM MST Thu Mar 5 2026

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-062315-
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-
411 PM MST Thu Mar 5 2026

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

- Rain showers this evening will change to snow from west to
  east overnight and accumulation is expected for much of the
  area late tonight through Friday.

- The highest confidence in accumulating snow is in Albany,
  Laramie, Sioux, and Dawes Counties.

- Confidence is low to medium elsewhere due to uncertainty in
  the potential for banded snowfall during the day on Friday.

- Northerly winds gusting 30 to 45 mph are expected Friday,
  leading to areas of blowing snow and difficult travel.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

- Warmer and drier conditions will return Saturday onward with
  several periods of high winds expected Sunday into much of next
  week.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 12:54 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningCYSAlbany, Carbon, Converse, Laramie, Platte3 days

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.