Alert archive / Nebraska / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 25, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Nov 26, 2011, 11:05 AM MST for 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 26, 2011, 11:05 AM MST (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2011, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 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 18:07 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, 6.1 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
- 1804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 101 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
551 WWUS75 KCYS 261805 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1105 AM MST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM... .STRONG WINDS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL BE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS TODAY BEHIND A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM. ALSO...THERE WILL BE A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE OVER THE REGION. THE COMBINATION WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS TODAY FOR THE PANHANDLE. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-270000- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0053.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0025.111126T1805Z-111127T0000Z/ 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 1105 AM MST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BLOW IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH TODAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND OTHER HIGHWAYS IN THE PANHANDLE. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
173 WWUS75 KCYS 270021 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 520 PM MST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...STRONG WINDS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE AREA... .HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING INTO THE THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS EVENING...ALLOWING WINDS TO DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-270130- /O.EXP.KCYS.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE 520 PM MST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
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.