Alert archive / Nebraska / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at Dec 30, 2008, 2:09 PM CST for 6 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 4 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
- Dec 30, 2008, 2:09 PM CST (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Rock County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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 12:00Z, 8.2 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
- 3446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 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 302009 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 209 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 NEZ005>010-094-310000- /O.UPG.KLBF.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-081231T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0006.081230T2009Z-081231T0000Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 209 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 /109 PM MST TUE DEC 30 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN OPEN AREAS. PERSONS DRIVING LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AFTER SUNSET. 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. $$ NEZ004-022>029-035>038-057-059-310000- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-081231T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL... BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA... NORTH PLATTE 209 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 /109 PM MST TUE DEC 30 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. A FAST MOVING CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TO WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY. LOOK FOR WINDS TO GRADUALLY INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH BY AFTERNOON. SOME GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS... ESPECIALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 183 FROM SPRINGVIEW TO TAYLOR. PERSONS DRIVING LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AFTER SUNSET. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KLBF 310004 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 604 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINDS SUBSIDING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA... NEZ005>010-094-310115- /O.EXP.KLBF.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081231T0000Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 604 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 /504 PM MST TUE DEC 30 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND HAVE FALLEN BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ NEZ004-022>029-035>038-057-059-310115- /O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-081231T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL... BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA... NORTH PLATTE 604 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 /504 PM MST TUE DEC 30 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND HAVE FALLEN BELOW HIGH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$
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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.