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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2012, 4:12 AM CST for 24 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 4, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2012, 4:12 AM CST (10:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
All 30 counties
Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Polk County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 1625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 97 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
901 WWUS73 KGID 041012 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 412 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY... KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 041815- /O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0012.120304T1500Z-120305T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ORD...FULLERTON... LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON... KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE... MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA... FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 412 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 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 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BREEZY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING...TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST TO WEST BY 9 AM AND INCREASING IN SPEED FOR THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING TOWARD SUNSET. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS. 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. && $$ HEINLEIN
3 follow-up statements
049 WWUS73 KGID 041018 CCA NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 417 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY... KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 041845- /O.COR.KGID.WI.Y.0012.120304T1500Z-120305T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ORD...FULLERTON... LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON... KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE... MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA... FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 417 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BREEZY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING...TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST TO WEST BY 9 AM AND INCREASING IN SPEED FOR THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING TOWARD SUNSET. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED....WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 6. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HEINLEIN
362 WWUS73 KGID 041639 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1039 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...ACCOMPANITED BY GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WILL BE OBSERVED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING EARLY THIS EVENING. KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 050000- /O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120305T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ORD...FULLERTON... LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON... KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE... MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA... FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 1039 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS. 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. && $$ BRYANT
763 WWUS73 KGID 042354 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 554 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 050100- /O.EXP.KGID.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120305T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ORD...FULLERTON... LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON... KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE... MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA... FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 554 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 4:40 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GID | Dawson, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 45 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Nebraska, 2012Wind Advisories in Kansas, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.