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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Hastings, NE

March 6, 2012Mitchell County, Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at Mar 6, 2012, 3:54 AM CST for Mitchell County, Osborne County, Kansas. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2012, 3:54 AM CST (09:54 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 6, 2012, 5:58 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-03-06Temperature 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
4130 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 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.

162 
WWUS73 KGID 060954
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
354 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY...

KSZ018-019-061800-
/O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0013.120306T1800Z-120307T0000Z/
OSBORNE-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSBORNE...BELOIT
354 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

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

* TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND BECOMING
  QUITE STRONG THIS AFTERNOON...DECREASING AFTER SUNSET.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH
  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.

&&

$$

SALTZMAN
2 follow-up statements
598 
WWUS73 KGID 061752
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1152 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

KSZ018-019-070000-
/O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0013.120306T1800Z-120307T0000Z/
OSBORNE-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSBORNE...BELOIT
1152 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012

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

* TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
  BECOME VERY GUSTY BY MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
  DECREASE AFTER SUNSET BUT WILL STILL BE ON THE BREEZY SIDE.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS AT 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.

&&

$$
093 
WWUS73 KGID 062358
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
558 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012

KSZ018-019-070100-
/O.CAN.KGID.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120307T0000Z/
OSBORNE-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSBORNE...BELOIT
558 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

ALTHOUGH SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE STEADY AND GUSTY AT TIMES THIS
EVENING...OVERALL WIND SPEEDS WILL FALL BELOW WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
6 PM.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 2:06 AM CSTRed Flag WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith16 hr

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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.