Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Hastings, NE
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:06 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 16 hr |
Nearby
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.