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High Wind Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE

October 26, 200812 counties in Nebraska

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 26, 2:50 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 66Thedford, NE
Oct 26, 2:53 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 64Broken Bow, NE
Oct 26, 3:23 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMGBroken Bow, NETREES 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-10-26Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2008-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -257 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 3:33 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLBFArthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer and 14 more15 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.