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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY

January 24, 2011Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Jan 24, 2011, 6:19 AM MST for Dawes County, Sioux County, Nebraska. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 24, 2011, 6:19 AM MST (13:19 UTC)
Expired: Jan 24, 2011, 2:32 PM MST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Dawes County, NE, Sioux County, NE

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 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.

912 
WWUS75 KCYS 241319
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
619 AM MST MON JAN 24 2011

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN 
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUITE STRONG THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON BEHIND THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT BROUGHT A FEW
SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT.

NEZ002-095-242200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0002.110124T1319Z-110124T2200Z/
DAWES-NORTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...HARRISON
619 AM MST MON JAN 24 2011

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

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

* TIMING...THROUGH AROUND 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 45
  AND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES
  SHOULD BE PREPARED STRONG WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

CARPENTER

1 follow-up statement

623 
WWUS75 KCYS 242132
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
232 PM MST MON JAN 24 2011

NEZ002-095-242245-
/O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110124T2200Z/
DAWES-NORTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...HARRISON
232 PM MST MON JAN 24 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT WILL
STILL HAVE GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING.

$$
LUNDQUIST

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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.