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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Hastings, NE

February 13, 20117 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at Feb 13, 2011, 2:26 PM CST for 7 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2011, 2:26 PM CST (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2011, 8:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Howard County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2011-02-13Temperature 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 2011-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 354 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
331 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.

635 
WWUS73 KGID 132026
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
226 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

NEZ039-040-046-047-060>062-140200-
/O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0002.110213T2026Z-110214T0200Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...
LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND
226 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA
  THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50
  MPH. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AFTER DARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO
39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO
THEY ARE NOT BLOWN OVER BY THESE STRONG WINDS.

&&

$$

SR/CF
1 follow-up statement
810 
WWUS73 KGID 140134
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
734 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

NEZ039-040-046-047-060>062-140245-
/O.EXP.KGID.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110214T0200Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...
LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND
734 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* WIND SPEEDS HAVE EASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS...AND ARE EXPECTED
  TO DIMINISH EVEN FURTHER THROUGH THE EVENING. THEREFORE...THE
  WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM.  



$$

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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.