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High Wind Watch 9, NWS Cheyenne, WY

January 19, 20264 counties in Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Jan 19, 2026, 1:04 AM MST for 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 20, 2026, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 19, 2026, 1:04 AM MST (08:04 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 20, 2026, 12:00 AM MST
Expired: Jan 19, 2026, 12:49 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 08:09 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 Jan 18, 10:07 PM MST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 10:07 PM MST, 2 hours 57 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 19, 12:49 PM MST	High Wind Warning	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte	25 hr

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.