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Wind Advisory 26, NWS North Platte, NE

November 5, 201121 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Nov 5, 2011, 3:08 AM CDT for 21 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Nov 5, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 2011, 3:08 AM CDT (08:08 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 5, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Nov 5, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
All 21 counties

Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garfield 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, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 2011-11-05Temperature 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 2011-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2091 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 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.

192 
WWUS73 KLBF 050808 AAA
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
308 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TODAY...

DEEP LOW PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
STRONG SOUTH WINDS TODAY ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.

NEZ005>010-024>029-036>038-057>059-069>071-052100-
/O.UPG.KLBF.HW.A.0003.111105T1600Z-111106T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0026.111105T1600Z-111106T0000Z/
EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-HOOKER-THOMAS-
BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-
LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...
TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...
OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...
CURTIS...EUSTIS
308 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /208 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 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 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 MPH OR STRONGER BETWEEN
  10 AM AND NOON...CONTINUE STRONG THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND
  THEN DECREASE TOWARD SUNDOWN.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
  MPH IN OPEN AREAS.

* IMPACTS:WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. VISIBILITY
  COULD BE REDUCED IN SPOTS DUE TO BLOWING DUST.

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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
722 
WWUS73 KLBF 051612
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1112 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...

GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AHEAD OF A STRONG
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE HIGH PLAINS.

NEZ005>010-024>029-036>038-057>059-069>071-060000-
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/
EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-HOOKER-THOMAS-
BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-
LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...
TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...
OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...
CURTIS...EUSTIS
1112 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /1012 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 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 SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
  AND THEN DECREASE TOWARD SUNDOWN.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 
  MPH IN OPEN AREAS. 

* IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED IN SPOTS
  DUE TO BLOWING DUST.

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
283 
WWUS73 KLBF 052009
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
309 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...

GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AHEAD OF A STRONG
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE HIGH PLAINS.

NEZ005>010-024>029-036>038-057>059-069>071-060000-
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/
EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-HOOKER-THOMAS-
BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-
LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...
TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...
OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...
CURTIS...EUSTIS
309 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /209 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 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 SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
  EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40
  MPH.

* IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY 
  FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED IN 
  SPOTS DUE TO BLOWING DUST. 

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.

&&

$$
193 
WWUS73 KLBF 052359
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
659 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011


NEZ005>010-024>029-036>038-057>059-069>071-060100-
/O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/
EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-HOOKER-THOMAS-
BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-
LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...
TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...
OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...
CURTIS...EUSTIS
659 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /559 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 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. 

THOUGH GUSTY WIND CONTINUES...SUSTAINED WIND SPEED HAD DECREASED
TO LESS THAN 30 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO 25 MPH OR LESS
BY 9 PM CDT 8 PM MDT...BUT STILL GUSTY.

$$
SPRINGER

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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.