Alert archive / Nebraska / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at May 30, 2011, 5:22 PM MDT for 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 98 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2011, 5:22 PM MDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2011, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 98 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Chase County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:22 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | Imperial, NE | |
| May 30, 5:53 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 4 E North Platte, NE | |
| May 30, 5:53 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 3 E North Platte, NE | MEASURED WIND GUST OF A NON CONVECTIVE NATURE AT LEE BIRD FIELD...AT THE NORTH PLATTE AIRPORT. |
| May 30, 6:15 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 1 S Stapleton, NE | BLOWING DUST AND FIERCE WINDS ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1099 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
097 WWUS73 KLBF 302322 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 622 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL MOVE EAST THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THIS A RESULT OF A REINFORCING COLD FRONT. NEZ010-027>029-038-310030- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110531T0100Z/ HOLT-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEILL...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... BROKEN BOW 622 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ NEZ071-310100- /O.UPG.KLBF.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110531T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0001.110530T2322Z-110531T0100Z/ FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CURTIS...EUSTIS 622 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING ALONG A REINFORCING COLD FRONT. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THEY ARE NOT BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. ALSO...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE STRONG WINDS AND KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE WHEEL. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. * THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BEHIND THE INITIAL STRONG PUSH OF WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NEZ036-037-057>059-069-070-310100- /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0001.110530T2322Z-110531T0100Z/ MCPHERSON-LOGAN-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRYON...STAPLETON...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 622 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 /522 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING ALONG A REINFORCING COLD FRONT. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THEY ARE NOT BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. ALSO...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE STRONG WINDS AND KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE WHEEL. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. * THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BEHIND THE INITIAL STRONG PUSH OF WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ KAR
1 follow-up statement
642 WWUS73 KLBF 310100 AAA NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 800 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 NEZ036-037-057>059-069>071-310200- /O.EXP.KLBF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110531T0100Z/ MCPHERSON-LOGAN-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRYON...STAPLETON...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 800 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 /700 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. ONLY LIGHT WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ KAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 9:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 52 min |
| May 29, 9:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 30 min |
| May 30, 2:57 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Chase, Custer, Frontier, Garfield and 11 more | 14 hr |
| May 30, 2:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha, Rock | 42 min |
| May 30, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 36 min |
| May 30, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 47 min |
| May 30, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 52 min |
| May 30, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Logan | 42 min |
| May 30, 3:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Rock | 32 min |
| May 30, 3:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 28 min |
| May 30, 3:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine | 35 min |
| May 30, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Logan | 44 min |
| May 30, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd | 16 min |
| May 30, 4:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 35 min |
| May 30, 4:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Loup, Rock | 36 min |
| May 30, 4:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Blaine | 3 hr |
| May 30, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Rock | 38 min |
| May 30, 4:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 32 min |
| May 30, 4:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 29 min |
| May 30, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 40 min |
| May 30, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Grant, Sheridan | 40 min |
| May 30, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 49 min |
| May 30, 5:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Loup, Rock | 43 min |
| May 30, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 50 min |
| May 30, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 42 min |
| May 30, 5:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 35 min |
| May 30, 5:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 21 min |
| May 30, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup | 49 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.