Alert archive / Nebraska / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Mar 27, 2008, 6:04 PM MDT for Banner County, Kimball County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2008, 6:04 PM MDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2008, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Banner County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1210 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 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 280004 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 604 PM MDT THU MAR 27 2008 ...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .WEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 40 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTS BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN CARBON COUNTY...THE LARAMIE RANGE...PLATTE COUNTY AND THE EASTERN PART OF LARAMIE COUNTY. GUSTS WILL REACH 50 MPH IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. WYZ070-280200- /O.EXA.KCYS.HW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080328T0200Z/ PINE BLUFFS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PINE BLUFFS 604 PM MDT THU MAR 27 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING WITH SOME BRIEF GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. THE STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE HIGH WINDS. $$ WYZ061-062-064-066-067-280200- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080328T0200Z/ SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE RANGE- PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAWLINS...HANNA...MEDICINE BOW... GARRETT...BUFORD...HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY 604 PM MDT THU MAR 27 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 45 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 65 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. THE CITIES OF WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... MEDICINE BOW ARE INCLUDED IN THE WARNING AS ARE PORTIONS OF INTERSTATES 25 AND 80. THE STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE HIGH WINDS. $$ NEZ019-020-054-280200- /O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0009.080328T0004Z-080328T0200Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-KIMBALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG... KIMBALL 604 PM MDT THU MAR 27 2008 ...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. SINCE LATE AFTERNOON...STRONG WEST WINDS HAVE SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. SPEEDS WERE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL NEARLY 8 PM BEFORE DECREASING RAPIDLY LATE THIS EVENING. 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. $$ JLH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KCYS 280041 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 641 PM MDT THU MAR 27 2008 ...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .WEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 40 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTS BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN CARBON COUNTY...THE LARAMIE RANGE...PLATTE COUNTY AND LARAMIE COUNTY. GUSTS WILL REACH 50 MPH IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. WYZ069-280200- /O.EXA.KCYS.HW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080328T0200Z/ CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEYENNE 641 PM MDT THU MAR 27 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 40 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. THE STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE HIGH WINDS. $$ WYZ061-062-064-066-067-070-280200- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080328T0200Z/ SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE RANGE- PLATTE-PINE BLUFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAWLINS...HANNA...MEDICINE BOW... GARRETT...BUFORD...HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY... PINE BLUFFS 641 PM MDT THU MAR 27 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 45 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 65 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. THE CITIES OF WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... MEDICINE BOW AND RAWLINS ARE INCLUDED IN THE WARNING AS ARE THE LARAMIE RANGE AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATES 25 AND 80. THE STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. THOSE IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE HIGH WINDS. $$ NEZ019-020-054-280200- /O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080328T0200Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-KIMBALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG... KIMBALL 641 PM MDT THU MAR 27 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SINCE LATE AFTERNOON...STRONG WEST WINDS HAVE SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. SPEEDS WERE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL NEARLY 8 PM BEFORE DECREASING RAPIDLY LATE THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JLH
000 WWUS75 KCYS 280211 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 811 PM MDT THU MAR 27 2008 WYZ061-062-064-066-067-069-070-280315- /O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080328T0200Z/ SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE RANGE- PLATTE-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAWLINS...HANNA...MEDICINE BOW... GARRETT...BUFORD...HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY... CHEYENNE...PINE BLUFFS 811 PM MDT THU MAR 27 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE STRONG WEST WINDS BEGAN TO SLOWLY DECREASE AFTER 745 PM. THUS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ALLOWED THE HIGH WIND WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT. WEST WINDS WILL STILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH UNTIL ABOUT 10 PM BEFORE DECREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. $$ NEZ019-020-054-280315- /O.EXP.KCYS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080328T0200Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-KIMBALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG... KIMBALL 811 PM MDT THU MAR 27 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THE REST OF THIS EVENING. BY 10 PM MDT...SPEEDS WILL BE DOWN TO 15 TO 30 MPH AND BY MIDNIGHT THEY WILL BE 10 TO 20 MPH. $$ 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.