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Wind Advisory 13, NWS North Platte, NE

April 5, 200912 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Apr 5, 2009, 12:59 PM CDT for 12 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2009, 12:59 PM CDT (17:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2009, 6:43 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2009-04-05Temperature 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 2009-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 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
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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 KLBF 051759
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1259 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009


NEZ007-009-010-026>029-037-038-059-070-071-060000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0013.090405T1759Z-090406T0000Z/
BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-
HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...
TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...
NORTH PLATTE...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
1259 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF LINE FROM HAYES
CENTER...TO NORTH PLATTE...TO DUNNING...TO BUTTE. A FEW FLURRIES
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...AND MAY COMBINE WITH SNOW
THAT HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS TO PRODUCE LOCAL AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KLBF 052343
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
643 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009


NEZ007-009-010-026>029-037-038-059-070-071-060045-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090406T0000Z/
BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-
HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...
TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...
NORTH PLATTE...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
643 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

$$

KAR

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 7:03 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBFBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Custer, Frontier and 12 more6 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.