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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Cheyenne, WY

January 22, 20115 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Jan 22, 2011, 10:37 AM MST for 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2011, 10:37 AM MST (17:37 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 2011, 5:44 PM MST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Banner County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:41 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-01-22Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 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.

021 
WWUS75 KCYS 221737
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1037 AM MST SAT JAN 22 2011

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE AND IN THE LOWER LEVELS
OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL PRODUCE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
FROM SCOTTSBLUFF SOUTHWARD.

NEZ019>021-054-055-230100-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0001.110122T1737Z-110123T0100Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY
1037 AM MST SAT JAN 22 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 600 PM MST.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT
  WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH
  THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

RUBIN
1 follow-up statement
079 
WWUS75 KCYS 230044
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
544 PM MST SAT JAN 22 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

NEZ019>021-054-055-230145-
/O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110123T0100Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY
544 PM MST SAT JAN 22 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING.

$$

JAMSKI

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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.