Alert archive / Nebraska / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 9, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2008, 3:32 AM CDT for 15 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 15, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2008, 3:32 AM CDT (08:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2008, 6:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 2999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 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 150832 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 332 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 .STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL LEAD TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45...WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-059-071-152145- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0009.080415T1700Z-080416T0200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE... CURTIS...EUSTIS 332 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KLBF 151959 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 259 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 .STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL LEAD TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NEZ005-025-037-059-071-152100- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080416T0200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-THOMAS-LOGAN-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...THEDFORD...STAPLETON... NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS 259 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ NEZ006>010-026>029-038-160200- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080416T0200Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... BROKEN BOW 259 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. 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. $$ BT/KAR
000 WWUS73 KLBF 152355 AAA NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 655 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... NEZ006>010-026>029-038-160100- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080416T0200Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... BROKEN BOW 655 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHERLY WINDS HAD FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ POWER
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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.