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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Hastings, NE

April 14, 200915 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2009, 3:35 PM CDT for 15 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 15, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2009, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2009, 8:28 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 12:00Z on 2009-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2009-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KGID 142035
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
335 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2009

KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ039-040-046-047-060>062-072>075-082>085-
150445-
/O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0013.090415T1500Z-090416T0200Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-
BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...ORD...GREELEY...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...ELWOOD...
HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...
RED CLOUD
335 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. 

SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE DURING THE MID MORNING
HOURS...WITH SPEEDS EXPECTED TO REACH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR
45 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO
39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KGID 150325
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1025 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2009

KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ039-040-046-047-060>062-072>075-082>085-
151130-
/O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0013.090415T1500Z-090416T0200Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-
BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...ORD...GREELEY...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...ELWOOD...
HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...
RED CLOUD
1025 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE DURING THE MID MORNING
HOURS...WITH SPEEDS EXPECTED TO REACH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
NEAR 45 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO
39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
000 
WWUS73 KGID 151030
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
530 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009

KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ039-040-046-047-060>062-072>075-082>085-
151830-
/O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0013.090415T1500Z-090416T0200Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-
BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...ORD...GREELEY...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...ELWOOD...
HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...
RED CLOUD
530 AM CDT WED APR 15 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... 

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THIS MORNING...REACHING
SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH LATE THIS MORNING.
THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING
OFF DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO
39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
000 
WWUS73 KGID 151706
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1206 PM CDT WED APR 15 2009

KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ039-040-046-047-060>062-072>075-082>085-
160200-
/O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090416T0200Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-
BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...ORD...GREELEY...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...ELWOOD...
HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...
RED CLOUD
1206 PM CDT WED APR 15 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 30 MPH AND GUST TO 45 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
AFTER DARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO
39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
000 
WWUS73 KGID 160128
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
828 PM CDT WED APR 15 2009

KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ039-040-046-047-060>062-072>075-082>085-
160230-
/O.CAN.KGID.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090416T0200Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-
BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...ORD...GREELEY...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...ELWOOD...
HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...
RED CLOUD
828 PM CDT WED APR 15 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT...HOWEVER SPEEDS WILL NO LONGER REACH ADVISORY
LEVELS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

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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.