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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Hastings, NE

January 1, 201210 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at Jan 1, 2012, 3:18 AM CST for 10 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 1, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2012, 3:18 AM CST (09:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 1, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 1, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Howard County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Polk County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-01-01Temperature 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-01-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 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
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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.

342 
WWUS73 KGID 010918
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
318 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2012

NEZ039>041-011800-
/O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0001.120101T1700Z-120102T0000Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON
318 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TOWARD LATE MORNING AND
  CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE
  BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AGAIN BY EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  TO 45 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND
  DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO
39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
123 
WWUS73 KGID 011700
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1100 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2012

NEZ039>041-020000-
/O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120102T0000Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON
1100 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND 
  DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO
39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

BRYANT
325 
WWUS73 KGID 011939
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
139 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012

NEZ046>049-062>064-020000-
/O.EXA.KGID.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120102T0000Z/
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...
OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK
139 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND 
  DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO
39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

NEZ039>041-020000-
/O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120102T0000Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON
139 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND 
  DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO
39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

BRYANT
802 
WWUS73 KGID 012350
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
550 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012

NEZ039>041-046>049-062>064-020100-
/O.EXP.KGID.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120102T0000Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON-
YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK
550 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH TO AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.
THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST.

$$

EWALD

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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.