Alert archive / Nebraska / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at Nov 30, 2008, 2:42 AM MST for 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 14 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
- Nov 30, 2008, 2:42 AM MST (09:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2008, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 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 300942 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 342 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... .STRONG PACIFIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. EVEN STRONGER WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA AND THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. NEZ022-056>058-069-301745- /O.UPG.KLBF.HW.A.0002.081130T1200Z-081201T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0005.081130T0942Z-081201T0000Z/ GARDEN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL 242 AM MST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE 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 THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH BY LATE MORNING. GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH ARE LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL ON EAST WEST HIGHWAYS COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE AND TRAILER TRAFFIC...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS AND POTENTIAL TRAVEL DELAYS. THE HIGH WINDS WILL DECREASE BY NIGHTFALL BUT REMAIN STRONG AT 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THE EVENING BEFORE DECREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY 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. $$ NEZ004>010-023>029-035>038-059-070-071-094-301745- /O.EXT.KLBF.WI.Y.0028.081130T0924Z-081201T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT- HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN- CUSTER-LINCOLN-HAYES-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...HYANNIS... MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 342 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 /242 AM MST SUN NOV 30 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH BY LATE MORNING. GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE BY NIGHTFALL BUT REMAIN STRONG AT 15 TO 30 MPH DURING THE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ CDC
2 follow-up statements
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
000 WWUS73 KLBF 010002 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 602 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NEZ022-056>058-069-010115- /O.EXP.KLBF.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081201T0000Z/ GARDEN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL 502 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TONIGHT. $$ NEZ004>010-023>029-035>038-059-070-071-094-010115- /O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-081201T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT- HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN- CUSTER-LINCOLN-HAYES-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...HYANNIS... MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 602 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 /502 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT. $$ CLB
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.