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Wind Advisory 2, NWS North Platte, NE

September 10, 2005Boyd County, Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Sep 10, 2005, 3:52 AM CDT for Boyd County, Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It took effect at Sep 10, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 10, 2005, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 10, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 10, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Boyd County, NE, Holt County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 249 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 100852
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
352 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

.A DEEPENING SURFACE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO ESTABLISH A PRESSURE
GRADIENT CAPABLE OF BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

NEZ007-010-029-110000-
/X.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0002.050910T1400Z-050911T0000Z/
BOYD-HOLT-WHEELER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...ONEILL...BARTLETT
352 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING...WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH
EXPECTED. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERA
NEAR SUNSET.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY LIMIT VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

JMC

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS73 KLBF 102009
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
309 PM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA...

.A SURFACE TROF OF LOW PRESSURE...ANCHORED OVER THE CENTRAL
SANDHILLS...WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR STRONG WINDS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. 

NEZ007-010-029-110000-
/X.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-050911T0000Z/
BOYD-HOLT-WHEELER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...ONEILL...BARTLETT
309 PM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS HOLT...BOYD AND WHEELER COUNTIES THROUGH 7 PM CDT.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE EVENING...BEFORE
DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY LIMIT VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

BUTTLER

Nearby

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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.