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Wind Advisory 13, NWS North Platte, NE

December 27, 200512 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2005, 10:19 AM MST for 12 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2005, 10:19 AM MST (17:19 UTC)
Expired
Dec 27, 2005, 2:49 PM MST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 53 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-12-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KLBF 271719
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1119 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2005

...WINDY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

.WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THE TIGHT
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CREATE NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

NEZ022-035>038-056>059-069>071-280000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0013.051227T1719Z-051228T0000Z/
GARDEN-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-
CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...
BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
1119 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2005 /1019 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

MASEK
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KLBF 272149
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
349 PM CST TUE DEC 27 2005


NEZ022-035>038-056>059-069>071-272300-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051228T0000Z/
GARDEN-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-
CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...
BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
349 PM CST TUE DEC 27 2005 /249 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND REMAIN LESS
THAN 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. NO GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

$$
CDC

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.