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Wind Advisory 25, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Oct 7, 2011, 3:50 AM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 7, 2011, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2011, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2011, 8:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2011, 4:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1031 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 459 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 13.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
713 WWUS73 KLBF 070850 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 350 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...STRONG WINDS OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA TODAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES DEEPEN AND MOVE ONTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA WITH STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. NEZ004>006-008-094-072115- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0025.111007T1300Z-111007T2200Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 350 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /250 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT /4 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT /4 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING OVER NORTHWEST NEBRASKA ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 FROM ELLSWORTH TO THEDFORD AND SPREAD EAST DURING THE DAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
788 WWUS73 KLBF 071631 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1131 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...STRONG WINDS OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA TODAY... .WINDS WILL BE STRONG ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER MONTANA AND THE WESTERN DAKOTAS WHICH WILL LIFT NORTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR WIND SPEEDS TO DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. NEZ004>006-008-094-072200- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-111007T2200Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 1131 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /1031 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT /4 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT /4 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHWEST NEBRASKA THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 FROM ELLSWORTH TO THEDFORD AND WEST OF A THEDFORD TO SPRINGVIEW LINE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BROOKS
196 WWUS73 KLBF 072101 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 401 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...WINDS TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...BUT WILL BE DIMINISHING THROUGH THE EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NEZ004>006-008-094-072215- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-111007T2200Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 401 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /301 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/...THEN WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ BROOKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, McPherson, Perkins | 38 min |
| Oct 6, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson, Thomas | 38 min |
| Oct 6, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, McPherson | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 50 min |
| Oct 6, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker | 39 min |
| Oct 6, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Keya Paha | 43 min |
| Oct 7, 4:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Deuel and 12 more | 15 hr |
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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.