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Wind Advisory 4, NWS North Platte, NE

January 17, 200925 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Jan 17, 2009, 2:17 AM MST for 25 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2009, 2:17 AM MST (09:17 UTC)
Expired
Jan 17, 2009, 2:37 PM MST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
All 25 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, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2009-01-17Temperature 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 2009-01-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
1987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 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 170917
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
317 AM CST SAT JAN 17 2009


NEZ022-056-172200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0004.090117T0917Z-090117T2200Z/
GARDEN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS
217 AM MST SAT JAN 17 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY. THE MAIN
AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE NEAR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 26 TO NEAR
HIGHWAY 61 THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. 

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 171712
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1112 AM CST SAT JAN 17 2009

NEZ005>010-023>029-035>038-057>059-069>071-094-172200-
/O.EXA.KLBF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090117T2200Z/
EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-
BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-
PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...
DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...
STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...
IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...
KILGORE
1112 AM CST SAT JAN 17 2009 /1012 AM MST SAT JAN 17 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST /3 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST /3 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB THIS AFTERNOON STRONGER WINDS WILL MIX
DOWN. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH A FEW GUSTS
NEAR 50 MPH THROUGH 4 PM CST.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

NEZ022-056-172200-
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090117T2200Z/
GARDEN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS
1012 AM MST SAT JAN 17 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

AS SURFACE HEATING INCREASES THIS AFTERNOON STRONGER WINDS WILL
MIX DOWN. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR
45 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGH 3 PM MST.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

KECK
000 
WWUS73 KLBF 172137
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
337 PM CST SAT JAN 17 2009

NEZ005>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-172245-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090117T2200Z/
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...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
337 PM CST SAT JAN 17 2009 /237 PM MST SAT JAN 17 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH THROUGH SUNSET.


$$


KAR

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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.