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Wind Advisory 16, NWS North Platte, NE

June 11, 20089 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Jun 11, 2008, 3:03 AM MDT for 9 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jun 11, 2008, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2008, 3:03 AM MDT (09:03 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 11, 2008, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 11, 2008, 10:13 AM MDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 60 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KLBF 110903
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
403 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO FOLLOW FRONT EARLY...

.WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WEST EARLY AS TEMPERATURES
STEADILY FALL WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT EAST INTO CENTRAL
NEBRASKA. BY DAYBREAK THE FRONT WILL MOVE FURTHER EAST WITH WINDS
DIMINISHING TOWARD NOONTIME CDT.

NEZ004-022-023-035-056>058-069-070-111700-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0016.080611T1200Z-080611T1700Z/
SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-ARTHUR-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...
IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER
403 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 /303 AM MDT WED JUN 11 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING
TO NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IS LIKELY
TILL NEAR NOON AS COLDER AIR FLOWS INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA. THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX WITH WINDS TO DECREASE AS THE FRONT
MOVES INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA WITH WINDS DROPPING AS WINDS TURN TO
THE NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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 111613
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1113 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008


NEZ004-022-023-035-056>058-069-070-111715-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080611T1700Z/
SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-ARTHUR-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...
IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER
1113 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 /1013 AM MDT WED JUN 11 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY.

NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL
REMAIN STEADY TO SLOWLY FALLING THIS AFTERNOON. 

$$

MASEK

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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.