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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Hastings, NE

May 6, 20125 counties in Nebraska; Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2096 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley44 min
May 6, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley47 min
May 6, 3:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPolk28 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.