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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
231 AM MST WED MAR 5 2014

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS MONTANA TODAY AND
THEN SOUTHEAST INTO EASTERN WYOMING TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE AT THE
SURFACE WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH
TONIGHT...RESULTING IN AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE
LARAMIE RANGE. THE COMBINATION OF THIS GRADIENT AND STRONG UPPER
LEVEL WINDS MAY RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE WIND PRONE
AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT.

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CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN...
VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...
WHITAKER
231 AM MST WED MAR 5 2014

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS
  THE WIND PRONE AREAS. GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AFTER
  MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 35 TO 45 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 65
  MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS TO LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS.
  THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT BLOW OVER RISK ACROSS PORTIONS OF
  INTERSTATE 25 AND INTERSTATE 80.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

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