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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Hastings, NE

September 30, 200724 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at Sep 30, 2007, 3:58 AM CDT for 24 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 30, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 30, 2007, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 30, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 30, 2007, 5:18 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
All 30 counties

Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Polk County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 00:00Z on 2007-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2348 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2007-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 248 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2348 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
22.4

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KGID 300858
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
358 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...STRONG WINDS TO IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS TODAY...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE QUICKLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...A RAPID CHANGE IN PRESSURE FROM EAST
TO WEST ACROSS THE REGION WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
STARTING THIS MORNING AND LASTING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
301700-
/O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0021.070930T1600Z-070930T2300Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ORD...GREELEY...
FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...
LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...
HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...
BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...
HEBRON
358 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON. 

LOOK FOR WINDS TO TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT FROM LATE
THIS MORNING AND LASTING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO EASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY THE
EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO
39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KGID 301651
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1151 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
302300-
/O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-070930T2300Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ORD...GREELEY...
FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...
LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...
HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...
BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...
HEBRON
1151 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

LOOK FOR WINDS TO TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO
EASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY THE EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO
39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KGID 302218
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
518 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
302330-
/O.CAN.KGID.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-070930T2300Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ORD...GREELEY...
FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...
LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...
HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...
BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...
HEBRON
518 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WIND SPEED HAS DECREASED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING.

$$

HEINLEIN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper43 min
Sep 29, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper33 min
Sep 29, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps32 min
Sep 29, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan31 min
Sep 29, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps32 min
Sep 30, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Phelps27 min

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Nebraska, 2007Wind Advisories in Kansas, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007

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.