Alert archive / Nebraska / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 22, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at May 10, 2012, 8:25 PM MDT for 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2012, 8:25 PM MDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2012, 1:37 AM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 4462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
038 WWUS75 KCYS 110225 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 825 PM MDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 2 AM... .A COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THE FRONT...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH HAVE BECOME FAIRLY WIDESPREAD AND WILL SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-110800- /O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0022.120511T0225Z-120511T0800Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE 825 PM MDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 2 AM FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS75 KCYS 110737 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 137 AM MDT FRI MAY 11 2012 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-110845- /O.CAN.KCYS.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120511T0800Z/ DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE 137 AM MDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ACROSS THE PANHANDLE ARE STEADILY DECREASING SO WILL GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THE ADVISORY. $$ RJM
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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.