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Wind Advisory 23, NWS North Platte, NE

October 5, 201126 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Oct 5, 2011, 3:22 AM MDT for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 5, 2011, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2011, 3:22 AM MDT (09:22 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 5, 2011, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 5, 2011, 6:02 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
All 26 counties

Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-05Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
4457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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.

984 
WWUS73 KLBF 050922
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
422 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO BUFFET WESTERN NEBRASKA TODAY...

.DEEP LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES WILL BRING
STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW TO WESTERN NEBRASKA TODAY AS THE LOW
CONTINUES TO DEEPEN.

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-060000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0023.111005T1500Z-111006T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
422 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 /322 AM MDT WED OCT 5 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:STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA
  BY MID MORNING AND INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS:SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS:WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND SMALLER VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS.


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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
380 
WWUS73 KLBF 052029
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
329 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO BUFFET WESTERN NEBRASKA TODAY...

.DEEP LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES WILL
BRING STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW TO WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND THEN
AGAIN TOMORROW AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO DEEPEN.

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-060430-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0024.111006T1500Z-111007T0300Z/
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-111006T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
329 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 /229 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT
/9 PM MDT/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM
CDT /9 PM MDT/ THURSDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING:STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
  EVENING TONIGHT AND START ONCE AGAIN MID MORNING TOMORROW.

* WINDS:SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS:WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES AND SMALLER VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

JACOBS
657 
WWUS73 KLBF 060002 AAA
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
702 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO BUFFET WESTERN NEBRASKA TODAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND TRACK
SLOWLY NORTH FRIDAY.

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-060815-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-111006T0000Z/
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0024.111006T1500Z-111007T0300Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
702 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 /602 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO
10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THURSDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT
/9 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THURSDAY. 

* TIMING:SOUTH WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AND STRENGTHEN
  AGAIN MID MORNING THURSDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS ACROSS THE
  NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS.

* WINDS:SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
  MPH.

* IMPACTS:WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES AND SMALLER VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 2:57 AM MDTRed Flag WarningLBFBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Frontier and 11 more15 hr
Oct 5, 2:29 PM MDTWind AdvisoryLBFArthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more34 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Nebraska, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011

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.