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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

April 10, 20115 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2011, 2:43 AM MDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 10, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2011, 2:43 AM MDT (08:43 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 10, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
8 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 08:42 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 00:00Z, 8.7 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-10Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
3771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
88 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 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.

439 
WWUS75 KCYS 100843
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
243 AM MDT SUN APR 10 2011

...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE TODAY...

.THE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT LIGHT RAIN TO THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL
BEGIN TO DEPART BY THIS AFTERNOON. AS IT DOES SO...NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
THE PANHANDLE. THESE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY EARLY THIS EVENING.

NEZ019>021-054-055-102100-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0013.110410T1600Z-110411T0000Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY
243 AM MDT SUN APR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...10 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE TRAVEL ACROSS THE
  SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WILL BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY THESE
  STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS.

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.

&&

$$

HAHN
2 follow-up statements
913 
WWUS75 KCYS 101959
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
159 PM MDT SUN APR 10 2011

...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT LIGHT RAIN TO THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL
BEGIN TO DEPART THIS AFTERNOON. AS IT DOES SO...NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL EXIST ACROSS THE PANHANDLE. THESE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY EARLY
THIS EVENING.

NEZ019>021-054-055-110000-
/O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110411T0000Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY
159 PM MDT SUN APR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE TRAVEL ACROSS 
  THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WILL BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY 
  THESE STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS. 

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
748 
WWUS75 KCYS 110006
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
606 PM MDT SUN APR 10 2011

...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING OVER THE SOUTHERN
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

.A STORM SYSTEM HAS MOVED FURTHER EAST OVER THE PLAINS IN THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE HAVE
DECREASED RECENTLY AS THE STORM MOVES FURTHER AWAY. LIGHTER 
WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE THE REST OF 
TONIGHT.

NEZ019>021-054-055-110115-
/O.EXP.KCYS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110411T0000Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY
606 PM MDT SUN APR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THAT AFFECTED THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA
HAVE DIMINISHED SINCE 5 PM. LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE
REST OF TONIGHT AND SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED. 

$$

WEILAND

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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.