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Wind Advisory 3, NWS North Platte, NE

January 14, 200915 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Jan 14, 2009, 1:58 AM MST for 15 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 14, 2009, 2:12 AM MST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2009, 1:58 AM MST (08:58 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 14, 2009, 2:12 AM MST
Expired
Jan 14, 2009, 9:17 AM MST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Thomas County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 00:00Z on 2009-01-14Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2009-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 289 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2380 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
355 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 140858
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
258 AM CST WED JAN 14 2009


NEZ023>027-035>038-057>059-069>071-141700-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0003.090114T1200Z-090114T1800Z/
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-
KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...
TAYLOR...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...
GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
258 AM CST WED JAN 14 2009 /158 AM MST WED JAN 14 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ THIS MORNING
TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY. 

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL DROP THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER FROM THE NORTH AND
NORTHWEST. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR
HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$

CDC
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KLBF 140913
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
313 AM CST WED JAN 14 2009

NEZ023>027-035>038-057>059-069>071-141800-
/O.EXT.KLBF.WI.Y.0003.090114T0912Z-090114T1800Z/
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-
KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...
TAYLOR...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...
GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
313 AM CST WED JAN 14 2009 /213 AM MST WED JAN 14 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY. 

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL DROP THROUGH THE REGION THIS
MORNING PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER FROM THE NORTH
AND NORTHWEST. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR
HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$
CDC
000 
WWUS73 KLBF 141617
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1017 AM CST WED JAN 14 2009

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED...


NEZ023>027-035>038-057>059-069>071-141730-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090114T1800Z/
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-
KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...
TAYLOR...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...
GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
1017 AM CST WED JAN 14 2009 /917 AM MST WED JAN 14 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

POWER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 1:58 AM MSTWind Chill AdvisoryLBFBoyd, Brown, Cherry, Garfield, Holt, Keya Paha and 2 more10 hr
Jan 14, 3:40 PM MSTWind Chill AdvisoryLBFBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Garfield, Holt and 4 more9 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Nebraska, 2009Every wind advisory in 2009

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.