Alert archive / Nebraska / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 18, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2011, 2:02 AM MDT for 15 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at May 17, 2011, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2011, 2:02 AM MDT (08:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2011, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2216 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
814 WWUS73 KLBF 170802 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 302 AM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA TODAY... .AS A LOW PRESSURE CENTER STRENGTHENS ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO TODAY...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. AS A RESULT...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED. NEZ056>059-069>071-171615- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0018.110517T1500Z-110518T0000Z/ DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 302 AM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 /202 AM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: A STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WIND IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISES CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS. LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS OR ANCHORED DOWN TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING BLOWN AWAY. 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. && $$ TAYLOR
3 follow-up statements
812 WWUS73 KLBF 171641 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1141 AM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA TODAY... .AS A LOW PRESSURE CENTER STRENGTHENS ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO TODAY...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. AS A RESULT...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED. NEZ004-022>025-035>037-180000- /O.EXA.KLBF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110518T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON 1141 AM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 /1041 AM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: A STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WIND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISES CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS. LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS OR ANCHORED DOWN TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NEZ056>059-069>071-180000- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110518T0000Z/ DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 1141 AM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 /1041 AM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: A STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WIND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISES CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS. LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS OR ANCHORED DOWN TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING BLOWN AWAY. 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. && $$ MASEK
429 WWUS73 KLBF 172030 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 330 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...WIND WILL CONTINUE DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .AS THE AFTERNOON WANES..WIND WILL CONTINUE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEZ004-022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-180000- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110518T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL- KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE... IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 330 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 /230 PM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG WIND WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DECREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS. LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS OR ANCHORED DOWN TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JRS
664 WWUS73 KLBF 172350 AAA NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 650 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 NEZ004-022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-180100- /O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110518T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL- KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE... IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 650 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 /550 PM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY LATE EVENING. $$ KAR
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.