Alert archive / Nebraska / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 11, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Feb 27, 2012, 10:01 AM MST for 5 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 27, 2012, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2012, 10:01 AM MST (17:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2012, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Banner County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
053 WWUS75 KCYS 271701 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1001 AM MST MON FEB 27 2012 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE CENTER DEVELOPS OVER ARIZONA AND UTAH. THIS WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. NEZ019>021-054-055-280000- /O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0011.120227T1800Z-120228T0000Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG... BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY 1001 AM MST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 AM MST THIS MORNING THROUGH 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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. && $$ FINCH
2 follow-up statements
639 WWUS75 KCYS 272131 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 231 PM MST MON FEB 27 2012 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE OVER THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON TUESDAY WILL CAUSE THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO INCREASE OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT...STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. NEZ019>021-054-055-280000- /O.CON.KCYS.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120228T0000Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG... BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY 231 PM MST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WYZ106-110-116-117-280945- /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.A.0014.120229T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 231 PM MST MON FEB 27 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...5 PM MST TUESDAY THROUGH 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH RECENT SNOWFALL TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ FINCH
231 WWUS75 KCYS 280000 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 500 PM MST MON FEB 27 2012 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE OVER THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO INCREASE OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING TUESDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT...STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. NEZ019>021-054-055-280100- /O.EXP.KCYS.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120228T0000Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG... BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY 500 PM MST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE STARTING TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA AS A TIGHT SURFACE GRADIENT RELAXES. THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING WILL FURTHER ALLOW WINDS TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT HOUR BUT THESE STRONG GUSTS WILL QUICKLY DROP OFF AROUND SUNSET. $$ WYZ106-110-116-117-281200- /O.CON.KCYS.HW.A.0014.120229T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORDEAUX...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER 500 PM MST MON FEB 27 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...5 PM MST TUESDAY THROUGH 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH RECENT SNOWFALL TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ LIEBL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 5:16 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes, Sioux | 42 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.