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Wind Advisory 8, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2008, 10:07 AM MDT for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 11, 2008, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2008, 10:07 AM MDT (16:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2008, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 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 16:08 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 12:00Z, 4.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KLBF 112313 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 613 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...NORTHERLY WINDS STARTING TO DIMINISH ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-120015- /O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080411T2300Z/ 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 613 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 /513 PM MDT FRI APR 11 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...HAS EXPIRED. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNSET. LATER THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH FURTHER TO 15 TO 25 MPH...BEFORE DECREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH TOWARD SUNRISE SATURDAY. $$ BUTTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:25 AM MDT | Blowing Snow Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant and 4 more | 9 hr |
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.