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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Hastings, NE

March 11, 201112 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2011, 12:22 PM CST for 12 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 11, 2011, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2011, 12:22 PM CST (18:22 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 11, 2011, 1:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 11, 2011, 5:00 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Howard County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Polk County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2011-03-11Temperature 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2011-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 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
1864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 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.

436 
WWUS73 KGID 111822
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1222 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011

...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...

NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-112300-
/O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0004.110311T1900Z-110311T2300Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-
HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK
1222 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL WHIP ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF
  INTERSTATE 80 THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DROP OFF
  BY EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WILL GUST TO AROUND 45
  MPH. GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
  STRONGEST WINDS INITIALLY SET IN...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
  STATE HIGHWAY 92.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
780 
WWUS73 KGID 112256
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
456 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011

NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-120000-
/O.EXP.KGID.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110311T2300Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-
HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK
456 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS
EVENING. 

$$

HEINLEIN

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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.