Alert archive / Nebraska / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 41, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Nov 30, 2008, 2:48 AM MST for 5 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Nov 30, 2008, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2008, 2:48 AM MST (09:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 30, 2008, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2008, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Banner County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 11:00 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 10 E Sidney, NE | |
| Nov 30, 11:00 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | Kimball, NE | |
| Nov 30, 11:00 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 5 W Scottsbluff, NE | |
| Nov 30, 11:42 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 6 Se Harrisburg, NE | |
| Nov 30, 1:27 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 6 Ese Broadwater, NE | |
| Nov 30, 3:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Bridgeport, NE | WIND GUST TO 60 MPH BETWEEN 130 PM AND 3 PM. MINOR TREE DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 110 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KCYS 300948 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 248 AM MST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... .VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING ON SUNDAY. WYZ069-301100- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.A.0018.081130T1200Z-081201T0000Z/ CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEYENNE 248 AM MST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. THE CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS WILL BE ON THE WESTWARD EXTENT OF THE STRONGEST WINDS...THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. $$ NEZ019>021-054-055-WYZ068-070-302200- /O.UPG.KCYS.HW.A.0018.081130T1200Z-081201T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0041.081130T1200Z-081201T0000Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-GOSHEN-PINE BLUFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG... BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...TORRINGTON...PINE BLUFFS 248 AM MST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY. THE WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE AND BY MID MORNING...SPEEDS WILL BE FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. $$ NEZ001>003-302200- /O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0025.081130T1200Z-081201T0000Z/ SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...CHADRON...ALLIANCE 248 AM MST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY. SPEEDS WILL BE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. 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. $$ HAHN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KCYS 302120 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 220 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... NEZ019>021-054-055-WYZ068-070-010000- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0041.000000T0000Z-081201T0000Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-GOSHEN-PINE BLUFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG... BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...TORRINGTON...PINE BLUFFS 220 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY. THE WINDS HAVE STEADILY INCREASED THROUGH THE DAY WITH SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST RECORDED WINDS THUS FAR TODAY OCCURRED AT HARRISBURG NEBRASKA AT NOON WITH SUSTAINED WIND OF 46 MPH AND GUST OF 62 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. $$ NEZ001>003-010000- /O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-081201T0000Z/ SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...CHADRON...ALLIANCE 220 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY. SPEEDS WILL BE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH. 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. $$
000 WWUS75 KCYS 010000 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 500 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2008 NEZ019>021-054-055-WYZ068-070-010100- /O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0041.000000T0000Z-081201T0000Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-GOSHEN-PINE BLUFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG... BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...TORRINGTON...PINE BLUFFS 500 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WERE RAPIDLY DECREASING WITH SUNSET. SPEEDS WILL ONLY BE FROM 10 TO 20 MPH THE REST OF THIS EVENING. $$ NEZ001>003-010100- /O.EXP.KCYS.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-081201T0000Z/ SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISON...CHADRON...ALLIANCE 500 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WERE DIMINISHING RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SPEEDS WILL ONLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT. $$ JLH
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.