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Wind Advisory 30, NWS North Platte, NE

November 26, 201126 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Nov 26, 2011, 2:05 PM MST for 26 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2011, 2:05 PM MST (21:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 26, 2011, 5:00 PM MST
In force
3 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 21:08 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 12:00Z, 9.1 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 12:00Z on 2011-11-26Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2011-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -117 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
1629 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 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.

479 
WWUS73 KLBF 262105
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
305 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

.WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA AND WILL
SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH EARLY EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA.

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-270000-
/O.CAN.KLBF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0030.111126T2105Z-111127T0000Z/
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
305 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 /205 PM MST SAT NOV 26 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH
  GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS
  AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS: ANY UNSECURED ITEMS OUTDOORS WILL BLOW AROUND. IN
  ADDITION...STRONG WIND GUSTS THROUGH GAPS AND CANYONS ALONG
  HIGHWAYS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
  FOR CAMPERS...TRUCKS AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 


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.

&&

$$

POWER
1 follow-up statement
111 
WWUS73 KLBF 270006
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
606 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011


NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-270115-
/O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/
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
606 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 /506 PM MST SAT NOV 26 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WIND HAD DECREASED TO LESS THAN 30 MPH IN WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

$$

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.