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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

September 17, 20065 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Sep 17, 2006, 10:15 AM MDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Sep 17, 2006, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 17, 2006, 10:15 AM MDT (16:15 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 17, 2006, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
Sep 17, 2006, 6:57 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:14 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

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 232 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2006-09-17Temperature 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2006-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1256 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 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 
WWUS75 KCYS 171615
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1015 AM MDT SUN SEP 17 2006

...ANOTHER WINDY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

.THE SAME STORM SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED STRONG WINDS OVER THE HIGH
PLAINS ON SATURDAY WILL AGAIN PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER THE
NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

NEZ001>003-019>021-180015-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0013.060917T1700Z-060918T0200Z/
SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...
SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD
1015 AM MDT SUN SEP 17 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
45 MPH THROUGH 8 PM OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...NORTH OF THE
NORTH PLATTE RIVER.  THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY AFTER
8 PM. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY FOR 
THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON
WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS.  

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.

$$

WEILAND
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KCYS 180057
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
657 PM MDT SUN SEP 17 2006

NEZ001>003-019>021-180200-
/O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-060918T0200Z/
SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...
SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD
657 PM MDT SUN SEP 17 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED TO
BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

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.