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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at May 12, 2011, 1:05 AM MDT for 8 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at May 12, 2011, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2011, 1:05 AM MDT (07:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2011, 6:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 12, 2011, 3:03 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
459 WWUS75 KCYS 120705 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 105 AM MDT THU MAY 12 2011 ...WINDY ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA TODAY... .A STORM SYSTEM AND STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE BRISK NORTH WINDS TODAY ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-130000- /O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0017.110512T1200Z-110513T0000Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE 105 AM MDT THU MAY 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 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 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...600 AM TO 600 PM TODAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ RUBIN
2 follow-up statements
483 WWUS75 KCYS 121757 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1157 AM MDT THU MAY 12 2011 ...WINDY ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA TODAY... .A STORM SYSTEM AND STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE BRISK NORTH WINDS TODAY ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. NEZ002-019-020-095-096-121900- /O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110513T0000Z/ DAWES-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING... HARRISBURG...HARRISON...AGATE 1157 AM MDT THU MAY 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY NORTH OR NORTHWEST WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR THEY WILL BE AS STRONG AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. SOME GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE HOWEVER. $$ NEZ003-021-054-055-130000- /O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110513T0000Z/ BOX BUTTE-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD... KIMBALL...SIDNEY 1157 AM MDT THU MAY 12 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...UNTIL 600 PM TODAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ RE
112 WWUS75 KCYS 122103 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 303 PM MDT THU MAY 12 2011 NEZ003-021-054-055-122215- /O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110513T0000Z/ BOX BUTTE-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD... KIMBALL...SIDNEY 303 PM MDT THU MAY 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS OVER THE AREA ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN ADVISORY. SOME GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ RE
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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.