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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at May 22, 2012, 3:41 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas; 17 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at May 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2012, 3:41 AM CDT (08:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 3:24 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
All 21 counties
Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
858 WWUS73 KGID 220841 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 341 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY... .SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...WILL BE OBSERVED LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING SIGNIFICANTLY BY SUNSET. KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ039>041-046>048-060>062-072>075-082>085- 221700- /O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0022.120522T1500Z-120523T0200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD- MERRICK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS- HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND... ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA... FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD 341 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE OBSERVED LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THEY ARE NOT BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT TODAY...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING EAST OR WEST. 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. && $$ BRYANT
2 follow-up statements
124 WWUS73 KGID 221554 AAA NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1054 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY... .DEEP SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS WILL RESULT IN SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ039>041-046>048-060>062-072>075-082>085- 230000- /O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120523T0200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD- MERRICK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS- HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND... ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA... FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD 1054 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY GUSTING AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THEY ARE NOT BLOWN AROUND. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS WELL AS MOTORCYCLES USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. && $$
645 WWUS73 KGID 222024 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 324 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ039>041-046>048-060>062-072>075-082>085- 222130- /O.CAN.KGID.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120523T0200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD- MERRICK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS- HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- 324 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...HOWEVER THESE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
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.