A large pressure gradient produced a few periods of strong winds through the wind corridors near Arlington and Bordeaux.
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The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
A large pressure gradient produced a few periods of strong winds through the wind corridors near Arlington and Bordeaux.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jan 8, 2:03 PM MST, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 203 PM MST TUE JAN 8 2013 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES AND WINDS LOOK TO BE THE FORECAST CHALLENGE IN THE SHORT TERM. CURRENTLY...HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN UTAH THIS AFTERNOON WITH LEE SIDE TROUGH SLOWLY PUSHING OFF INTO THE DAKOTAS. GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS AND WINDS HAVE REMAINED STRONG THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WE DID HIT ADVISORY CRITERIA OUT IN THE PANHANDLE IN KIMBALL COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...ALMOST WARNING CRITERIA AT THE KIMBALL AIRPORT WITH 55 MPH WIND GUSTS REPORTED. HAVE AN SPS FOR THESE WINDS THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND LATEST OBSERVATIONS ARE SHOWING A SLOW DOWN TREND IN SPEEDS. FOR TONIGHT...GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW 35 TO 40KTS OF WIND AT 700MBS THROUGH 12Z. THINK MANY AREAS WILL STAY WELL MIXED TONIGHT WITH GUSTY WINDS. DID GO A LITTLE HIGHER ON OVERNIGHT LOWS...MAYBE NOT ENOUGH DEPENDING ON HOW THESE WINDS BEHAVE. EVENING SHIFT MAY NED TO ADJUST LATER THIS EVENING. GENERALLY LOOKING AT MID TEENS WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WITH LOW TO MID 20S ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. WEDNESDAY CONTINUES TO LOOK TO BE OUR WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK AS 700MB TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO +2 TO +3C AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUING. DEPENDING ON OVERNIGHT LOWS...I MAY BE TOO COLD ON HIGHS. MAINTAINED LOW 50S FOR HIGHS EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WITH UPPER 30S WEST. DID GO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE MOS GUIDANCE ON HIGHS. LAST WARM DAY LOOKS TO BE THURSDAY. FOR THOSE OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS...YOU BETTER GET OUT AND ENJOY. LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER POSSIBLE WIND EVENT THURSDAY AS THE GFS SHOWS 700MB WINDS INCREASING TO 50KTS OVER CARBON COUNTY. COULD SEE WARNING LEVEL WINDS AT ARLINGTON AND BORDEAUX ONCE AGAIN THURSDAY. HIGHS THURSDAY LOOK TO BE A BIT COOLER THAN WEDNESDAY...MAINLY DUE TO INCREASING CLOUDINESS. PRETTY MUCH KEPT A PERSISTENCE FORECAST WITH WEDNESDAYS HIGHS AS GFS 700MB TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO +4C. BIG CHANGE IN THE WEATHER STARTS TO OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO WESTERN WYOMING. HAVE SNOW BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FRONT IN THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES THURSDAY EVENING...SPREADING EAST AND EXPANDING IN AERIAL COVERAGE BY FRIDAY MORNING. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... QUITE COLD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE CWA FRIDAY AND HOLD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A LARGE POSITIVELY TILTED UPPER TROF SETS UP OVER THE WESTERN TO NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WITH ASSOCIATED LOW HEIGHTS OVER THE CWA. MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN BRINGING MOST OF THE SNOW TO THE CWA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY THEN TAPERING IT OFF FRIDAY NIGHT. MODELS ALSO DECENTLY AGREE WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA WHILE LIGHT SNOWFALL PAINTED ACROSS FAR SE WY ACROSS THE SRN NEB PANHANDLE. STILL A BIT EARLY FOR ANY HIGHLITES BUT SUSPECT SOME WILL BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF THE CWA EVENTUALLY. MODERATE WINDS ON FRIDAY COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AS WELL. OTHERWISE LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH GONE BY SATURDAY MORNING AS INITIAL UPPER SYSTEM LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST AND OUT OF THE REGION THOUGH SOME SNOW SHOWERS MAY HANG ON THROUGH THE DAY OVER THE HIGHER MTNS. COLD AND MAINLY DRY SUNDAY AND MONDAY THEN A LITTLE WARMER TUESDAY AS HEIGHTS RISE A BIT. && .AVIATION...00Z TAF ISSUANCE... VFR EXPECTED OVER ALL TERMINALS EXCEPT KRWL THROUGH WEDS. MVFR CIGS EXPECTED TO PERSIST VCTY KRWL INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE LIFTING AND BREAKING UP LATER IN THE EVENING. AREAS OF GUSTY SFC WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND BE GENERALLY LIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER... MINIMAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK WITH MANY AREAS MAINTAINING A MODEST SNOW PACK. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS TO EASE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME LIGHT THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY AHEAD OF A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM AND WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FOR MANY AREAS. ACCUMULATING SNOWS ARE BECOMING LIKELY FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY WITH SNOW INITIALLY DEVELOPING OVER CARBON COUNTY...SPREADING EAST OVERNIGHT. SNOW LOOKS TO COME TO AN END FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WEEKEND LOOKS VERY COLD AS ARCTIC AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM/FIRE WEATHER...CLAYCOMB LONG TERM/AVIATION...RE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 119 PM MST TUE JAN 8 2013 WYZ101>119-092030- 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- 119 PM MST TUE JAN 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING... SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES FRIDAY AND INTO THE PLAINS SATURDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE MINUS 10 TO MINUS 20 RANGE ON FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-092030- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- 119 PM MST TUE JAN 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES FRIDAY AND INTO THE PLAINS SATURDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE MINUS 10 TO MINUS 20 RANGE ON FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
301 PM MST TUE JAN 8 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0206 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 14 NNE CENTENNIAL 41.50N 106.05W
01/08/2013 M60 MPH ALBANY WY MESONET
REPORTED AT WYDOT STATION WY25
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IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
302 PM MST TUE JAN 8 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0244 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 11 SSE GARRETT 41.97N 105.52W
01/08/2013 M55 MPH ALBANY WY MESONET
REPORTED AT GOES STATION DODW4
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IRIS SYSTEMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 547 PM MST TUE JAN 8 2013 WYZ110-090300- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 547 PM MST TUE JAN 8 2013 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE NEAR ARLINGTON TONIGHT... SOUTHWEST WIND WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 55 MPH ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ARLINGTON THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AREAS BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 265 AND 275 ALONG INTERSTATE 80 WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE GUSTY WINDS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL SUBSIDE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ADVISES NO LIGHT TRAILER TRAFFIC DUE TO WIND SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH. THESE WINDS MAY CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL OR A BLOW OVER TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING EMPTY OR WITH A LIGHT LOAD. DRIVERS OF SUCH VEHICLES ARE ADVISED TO DELAY TRAVEL. HAHN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The WYDOT sensor at Arlington measured sustained winds of 40 mph or higher, with a peak gust of 62 mph at 08/2106 MST.
The WYDOT sensor at Foote Creek measured sustained winds of 40 mph or higher.
The WYDOT sensor at Bordeaux measured sustained winds of 40 mph or higher.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wyoming in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, January 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 422784, 422787, 422782.