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Wind Advisory 1, NWS North Platte, NE

January 15, 200826 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Jan 15, 2008, 3:47 PM MST for 26 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2008, 3:47 PM MST (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Jan 16, 2008, 5:00 AM MST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
All 26 counties

Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2008-01-15Temperature 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 2008-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 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 152247
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
447 PM CST TUE JAN 15 2008


NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-160700-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0001.080115T2247Z-080116T1200Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
447 PM CST TUE JAN 15 2008 /347 PM MST TUE JAN 15 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/
WEDNESDAY. 

AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL RACE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. AS THE
FRONT MOVES THROUGH...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 50 MPH IN OPEN AREAS.

WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AFTER THE FRONT MOVES
THROUGH.

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 160623
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1223 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-161200-
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080116T1200Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
1223 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008 /1123 PM MST TUE JAN 15 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/
EARLY THIS MORNING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ EARLY
THIS MORNING. 

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS PASSED THROUGH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA EARLIER THIS EVENING. NORTH AND WEST OF THIS
FEATURE...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH 6 AM CST (5 AM MST). 

DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION OVERNIGHT AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY
ON EAST TO WEST ROUTES.

$$

CLB

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 8:21 PM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBFCuster, Frontier, Lincoln6 hr

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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.