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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 17, 20114 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2011, 10:35 AM MDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2011, 10:35 AM MDT (16:35 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2011, 6:06 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Morrill County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 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 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-17Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 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.

314 
WWUS75 KCYS 171635
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1035 AM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011

...STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING OVER
PARTS OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

.A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN SURFACE PRESSURE OVER THE PANHANDLE 
AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE 
STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE PANHANDLE
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

NEZ002-003-021-055-180045-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0018.110517T1635Z-110518T0100Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-MORRILL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...BRIDGEPORT...
BAYARD...SIDNEY
1035 AM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT AND 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.

&&

$$

WEILAND
1 follow-up statement
863 
WWUS75 KCYS 180006
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
606 PM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011

NEZ002-003-021-055-180115-
/O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110518T0100Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-MORRILL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...BRIDGEPORT...
BAYARD...SIDNEY
606 PM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE HAVE DECREASED
BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
HOURS...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 3:26 PM MDTFlood WatchCYSBanner, Box Butte, Dawes, Morrill, Sioux64 hr

Nearby

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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.