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High Wind Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE

January 8, 200712 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at Jan 8, 2007, 3:11 AM CST for 12 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 8, 2007, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 2007, 3:11 AM CST (09:11 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 8, 2007, 8:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 8, 2007, 12:01 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2007-01-08Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2007-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 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 080911
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
311 AM CST MON JAN 8 2007

...STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS WILL IMPACT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA TODAY..

NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...AS A FAST MOVING
CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE EASTERN DAKOTAS. BY AFTERNOON...SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY
ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER MID EVENING.

NEZ005>010-025>029-038-081800-
/O.UPG.KLBF.HW.A.0001.070108T1400Z-070109T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0001.070108T1400Z-070109T0200Z/
EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-
GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...
BURWELL...BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW
311 AM CST MON JAN 8 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
CST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS
MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55
TO 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW AND BLOWING DUST OVER NON SNOW COVERED AREAS.

DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD
EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

$$

NEZ024-036-037-059-071-094-081800-
/O.UPG.KLBF.HW.A.0001.070108T1400Z-070109T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KLBF.WI.Y.0002.070108T1400Z-070109T0200Z/
HOOKER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-LINCOLN-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MULLEN...TRYON...STAPLETON...
NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
311 AM CST MON JAN 8 2007 /211 AM MST MON JAN 8 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST /7 AM MST/ THIS MORNING
TO 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST (7 AM MST) THIS
MORNING TO 8 PM CST (7 PM MST) THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL
INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. 

PERSONS DRIVING LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD
EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND WESTERN
NEBRASKA TODAY. 

$$

NEZ004-022-023-035-056>058-069-070-081800-
/O.EXT.KLBF.WI.Y.0002.070108T1400Z-070109T0200Z/
SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-ARTHUR-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...
IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER
311 AM CST MON JAN 8 2007 /211 AM MST MON JAN 8 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST /7 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST (7 AM MST) THIS
MORNING TO 8 PM CST (7 PM MST) THIS EVENING.

NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING TO
30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. 

PERSONS TRAVELING ACROSS THE EASTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE...SOUTHWESTERN AND WESTERN NEBRASKA...SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING TODAY AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS.

$$

BUTTLER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KLBF 081801
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1201 PM CST MON JAN 8 2007

...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH
OR SUSTAINED WINDS OF OVER 40 MPH ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED...THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH
A WIND ADVISORY.

NEZ005>010-025>029-038-090200-
/O.CAN.KLBF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070109T0200Z/
/O.EXA.KLBF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070109T0200Z/
EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-
GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...
BURWELL...BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW
1201 PM CST MON JAN 8 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

NEZ004-022>024-035>037-056>059-069>071-094-090200-
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070109T0200Z/
SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-
PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
1201 PM CST MON JAN 8 2007 /1101 AM MST MON JAN 8 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PERSONS TRAVELING ACROSS THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...
SOUTHWESTERN AND WESTERN NEBRASKA...SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING TODAY AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS.

$$

JMC

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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.