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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Hastings, NE

May 17, 20128 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2012, 12:43 PM CDT for 8 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2012, 12:43 PM CDT (17:43 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2012, 7:21 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Phelps County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 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.

716 
WWUS73 KGID 171743
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1243 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2012

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS...

.A DEVELOPING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO IS
HELPING TO GENERATE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE ADVISED
AREA. EXPECT THESE WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS...BEFORE DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT AFTER SUNSET.

KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ060-061-072>074-082>084-180200-
/O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0020.120517T1743Z-120518T0200Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-
FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...ELWOOD...
HOLDREGE...MINDEN...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN
1243 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE
  AFTERNOON HOURS...AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED.

* 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.

&&

$$

ROSSI

1 follow-up statement

405 
WWUS73 KGID 180021
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
721 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2012

KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ060-061-072>074-082>084-180130-
/O.CAN.KGID.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120518T0200Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-
FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...ELWOOD...
HOLDREGE...MINDEN...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN
721 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS WILL REMAIN STEADY FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT...HOWEVER WIND
SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...THEREFORE THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

$$

Nearby

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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.