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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at May 26, 2012, 3:43 AM CDT for 9 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 26, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2012, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, 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, Webster County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 523 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
077 WWUS73 KGID 260843 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 343 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING... .A SURFACE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES. KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ060-061-072>074-082>085-262100- /O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0023.120526T1900Z-120527T0200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-DAWSON-BUFFALO- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY... ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN... RED CLOUD 343 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE WIND WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND THESE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS SHOULD PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * 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. THOSE TRAVELING TO THE LAKE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND MAY SEE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS TODAY WITH MANY WHITE CAPS. 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. && $$ WESELY
2 follow-up statements
251 WWUS73 KGID 261943 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 243 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ060-061-072>074-082>085-270200- /O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120527T0200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-DAWSON-BUFFALO- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY... ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN... RED CLOUD 243 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THEY ARE NOT BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT TODAY...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING EAST OR WEST. THOSE TRAVELING TO THE LAKE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND MAY SEE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS TODAY WITH MANY WHITE CAPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
427 WWUS73 KGID 270205 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 905 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .WHILE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ060-061-072>074-082>085-270315- /O.EXP.KGID.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120527T0200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-DAWSON-BUFFALO- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY... ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN... RED CLOUD 905 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AS WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ ROSSI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Harlan | 41 min |
| May 25, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 26 min |
| May 25, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Hall | 31 min |
| May 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 45 min |
| May 25, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Kearney | 37 min |
| May 25, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan | 20 min |
| May 25, 10:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Merrick | 29 min |
| May 25, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Hall | 23 min |
| May 25, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard, Merrick, Nance | 41 min |
| May 25, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick, Nance | 24 min |
| May 26, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 17 min |
| May 26, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 42 min |
| May 26, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 49 min |
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.