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Wind Advisory 25, NWS Cheyenne, WY

November 26, 20118 counties in Nebraska

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-11-26Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2011-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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. 


$$

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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.