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High Wind Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at Oct 26, 2008, 2:25 PM CDT for 12 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 5 hr. 3 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
- Oct 26, 2008, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 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
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2:50 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Thedford, NE | |
| Oct 26, 2:53 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Broken Bow, NE | |
| Oct 26, 3:23 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Broken Bow, NE | TREES WERE REPORTED UPROOTED IN THE BROKEN BOW AREA. POWER POLES WERE ALSO REPORTED BROKEN, AND POWER LINES DOWN AS WELL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KLBF 261925 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 225 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 NEZ005>010-025>029-038-270000- /O.UPG.KLBF.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-081027T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0002.081026T1925Z-081027T0000Z/ 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 225 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS TO 64 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGH 6 PM CDT. STRONGER MIXING THIS AFTERNOON HAS LED TO STRONGER WINDS THAT WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE NORTH AND NORTH CENTRAL CREATINGS HAZARDOUS CROSSWINDS UNTIL SUNSET THEN WINDS STEADILY DIMINISHING THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 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. $$ NEZ004-023-024-035>037-059-071-094-270000- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-081027T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...HYANNIS...MULLEN... ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS... CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 225 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 /125 PM MDT SUN OCT 26 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEBRASKA THROUGH 6 PM CDT...IN RESPONSE TO COLD AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA BEHIND A COLD FRONT. NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNSET THEN DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST. GUSTS OF UP TO 5O MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH SOME AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 AND ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 61 POSSIBLY SEEING GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KLBF 262346 AAA NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 646 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WHICH IMPACTED THE AREA TODAY ARE QUICKLY SUBSIDING... NEZ005>010-025>029-038-270100- /O.EXP.KLBF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081027T0000Z/ 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 646 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AND BECOME LIGHT NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ NEZ004-023-024-035>037-059-071-094-270100- /O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-081027T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...HYANNIS...MULLEN... ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS... CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 646 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 /546 PM MDT SUN OCT 26 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE AND BECOME LIGHT NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. $$ KAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 3:33 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer and 14 more | 15 hr |
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.