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High Wind Watch 36, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 28, 20264 counties in Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Jun 28, 2026, 1:23 PM MDT for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Jun 29, 2026, 8:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2026, 1:23 PM MDT (19:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 29, 2026, 8:00 AM MDT
Expired: Jun 29, 2026, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 10 hr
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 19:25 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 Jun 28, 11:33 AM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 11:33 AM MDT, 1 hour 50 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
Jun 28, 12:43 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	CYS	Albany, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara, Platte	25 hr
Jun 27, 6:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Box Butte, Dawes	34 min
Jun 27, 7:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Box Butte	25 min
Jun 27, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Box Butte, Dawes	14 min
Jun 27, 7:27 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CYS	Box Butte, Dawes	2 hr
Jun 27, 7:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Box Butte	18 min

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Wyoming, 2026 Every high wind watch in 2026

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.