Alert archive / Nebraska / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 29, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Dec 8, 2008, 8:47 PM CST for 14 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2008, 8:47 PM CST (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2008, 6:54 AM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Blaine County, NE, Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 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 090247 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 847 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...PRODUCING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION TO GUSTY WINDS WILL BE SOME LIGHT SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. NEZ025>029-036>038-057>059-069>071-091100- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0029.081209T0247Z-081209T1800Z/ THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH- PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL... BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 847 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 /747 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ TUESDAY. NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISHING DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1 MILE. 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. $$ MASEK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KLBF 091107 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 507 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... .GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE BEHIND AN EXITING COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. NEZ025>029-036>038-057>059-069>071-091800- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-081209T1800Z/ THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH- PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL... BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 507 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 /407 AM MST TUE DEC 9 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS DRIVING LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS...PARTICULARLY ON EAST TO WEST ROUTES. $$ CLB
000 WWUS73 KLBF 091254 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 654 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NEZ025>029-036>038-057>059-069>071-091400- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-081209T1800Z/ THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH- PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL... BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 654 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 /554 AM MST TUE DEC 9 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS MORNING TO 15 TO 25 MPH...BEFORE DIMINISHING FURTHER TO 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. $$ 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.