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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at May 6, 2012, 2:56 AM CDT for 5 counties in Nebraska; Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas. It took effect at May 6, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2012, 2:56 AM CDT (07:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 9:49 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
Counties Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Dawson County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Phelps County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2096 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 430 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 32.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
960 WWUS73 KGID 060756 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 256 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 KSZ005-017-NEZ060-072-073-082-083-061600- /O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0019.120506T0900Z-120506T1800Z/ PHILLIPS-ROOKS-DAWSON-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON... LEXINGTON...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 256 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BEFORE SUNRISE AND WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUST NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
470 WWUS73 KGID 061042 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 542 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 KSZ005-017-NEZ060-072-073-082-083-061800- /O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120506T1800Z/ PHILLIPS-ROOKS-DAWSON-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON... LEXINGTON...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 542 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUST NEAR 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
729 WWUS73 KGID 061449 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 949 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 KSZ005-017-NEZ060-072-073-082-083-061600- /O.CAN.KGID.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120506T1800Z/ PHILLIPS-ROOKS-DAWSON-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON... LEXINGTON...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 949 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE MET. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Valley | 44 min |
| May 6, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 47 min |
| May 6, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Polk | 28 min |
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.