Alert archive / Nebraska / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2011, 2:49 AM MST for 16 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 17, 2011, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2011, 2:49 AM MST (09:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2011, 9:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2011, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 4700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
495 WWUS73 KLBF 170949 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 349 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS MINNESOTA TODAY WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT TO MOVE ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. NEZ004-005-008-022>026-035-036-056-057-094-172200- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0004.110217T1600Z-110218T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-BROWN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE- ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... AINSWORTH...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING... ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 349 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 /249 AM MST THU FEB 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE MORNING ACROSS THE AREA...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS. LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ KAR
2 follow-up statements
497 WWUS73 KLBF 171702 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1102 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY... .STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL BE OBSERVED ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND A COLD FRONT PASSING ACROSS NEBRASKA. LOOK FOR THESE WINDS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING. NEZ006-007-009-010-180000- /O.EXA.KLBF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110218T0000Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-ROCK-HOLT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL 1102 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS. LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NEZ004-005-008-022>026-035-036-056-057-094-180000- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110218T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-BROWN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE- ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... AINSWORTH...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING... ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 1102 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 /1002 AM MST THU FEB 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS. LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ BROOKS
034 WWUS73 KLBF 180000 AAA NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 600 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 NEZ004>010-022>026-035-036-056-057-094-180100- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110218T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...ARTHUR...TRYON... CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 600 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 /500 PM MST THU FEB 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW 30 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 11:46 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 18 more | 5 hr |
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.