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High Wind Watch 32, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 13, 20264 counties in Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at May 13, 2026, 12:58 AM MDT for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at May 14, 2026, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2026, 12:58 AM MDT (06:58 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2026, 3:00 AM MDT
Expired: May 13, 2026, 10:41 AM MDT
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 06:56 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 May 12, 11:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 11:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 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
May 13, 10:41 AM MDT	High Wind Warning	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte	31 hr
May 13, 2:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Goshen	27 min
May 13, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	45 min
May 13, 4:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	28 min
May 13, 5:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Converse	25 min
May 13, 5:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Carbon	38 min
May 13, 12:50 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	CYS	Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more	65 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.