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High Wind Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE

June 20, 20114 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at Jun 20, 2011, 11:23 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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: Jun 20, 2011, 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2011, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 20, 11:30 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND DMG	North Platte, NE	LARGE TREE FELL ONTO A HOUSE AT 1130 PM LAST NIGHT ON SOUTH COTTONWOOD STREET IN NORTH PLATTE. LARGE BRANCHES PUNCTURED THROUGH THE ROOF INTO THE LIVING ROOM.
Jun 20, 11:50 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND DMG	North Platte, NE	POWER OUT ON RODEO ROAD AND AREAS ON THE NORTH OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. TIME OF OCCURANCE IS UNKNOWN.
Jun 21, 12:15 AM CDT	NON-TSTM WND DMG	North Platte, NE	POWER OUT ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF DOWN. INDIAN HILLS SUBDIVISION ALSO.

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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 22 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 471 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

879 
WWUS73 KLBF 210423
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1123 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...STRONG...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN THE VICINITY OF
SHOWERS THROUGH 2 AM CDT...

.STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE
LIKELY THROUGH 2 AM CDT. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS ALONG AND
EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 FROM STAPLETON TO MAYWOOD. 

NEZ037-038-059-071-210700-
/O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0002.110621T0423Z-110621T0700Z/
LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE...
CURTIS...EUSTIS
1123 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

* TIMING: HIGH WINDS ARE LIKELY THROUGH 2 AM CDT.

* WINDS: NORTHERLY AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD
  EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS
  ON EAST TO WEST ROUTES. WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC AND GUSTY.

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.

&&

$$

CLB

1 follow-up statement

021 
WWUS73 KLBF 210655
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
155 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

NEZ037-038-059-071-210800-
/O.EXP.KLBF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110621T0700Z/
LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE...
CURTIS...EUSTIS
155 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE CAPRICIOUS WIND EVENT WHICH AFFECTED THIS AREA APPEARS TO HAVE ENDED.
ALL INDICATIONS ARE WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW 58 MPH THE
REST OF TONIGHT.

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 2 AM CDT.

$$
CDC

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 7:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes	42 hr
Jun 20, 10:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Boyd, Brown, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	7 hr
Jun 21, 3:36 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LBF	Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 17 more	15 hr
Jun 21, 4:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	6 hr
Jun 21, 5:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha, Rock	12 hr
Jun 21, 11:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LBF	Hayes	28 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.