Alert archive / Nebraska / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 4, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2008, 3:44 AM CST for 17 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 25, 2008, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2008, 3:44 AM CST (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes 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, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 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 52 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
- 2320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 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 250944 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 344 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS KANSAS TODAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH BY LATE MONDAY MORNING...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO EXIT THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BELOW 30 MPH. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND INTERMITTEN SNOW SHOWERS MAY CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BRIEFLY REDUCE TO A MILE OR LESS. NEZ005-006-008-009-024>027-036>038-057>059-069>071-252145- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0004.080225T1500Z-080226T0000Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-ROCK-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...TRYON... STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE... IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 344 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 /244 AM MST MON FEB 25 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS MAY MIX WITH LIGHT SNOW PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ROUTES...AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS. 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. $$ GARNER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KLBF 252014 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 214 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE HAS BEGUN TO EXIT THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. NEZ005-006-008-009-024>027-252115- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080226T0000Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-ROCK-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR 214 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 /114 PM MST MON FEB 25 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ NEZ036>038-057>059-069>071-260000- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080226T0000Z/ MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW... OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER... CURTIS...EUSTIS 214 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 /114 PM MST MON FEB 25 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. NORTHERLY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS MAY MIX WITH LIGHT SNOW PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ROUTES...AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS. 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. $$ MASEK
000 WWUS73 KLBF 252349 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 549 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... NEZ036>038-057>059-069>071-260100- /O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080226T0000Z/ MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW... OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER... CURTIS...EUSTIS 549 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 /449 PM MST MON FEB 25 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 20 TO 30 MPH...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH BY MORNING. $$ BUTTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 3:45 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LBF | Boyd, Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 10 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.