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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at May 27, 2012, 3:57 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 27, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2012, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 1172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
788 WWUS73 KGID 270857 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 357 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS. KSZ006-007-017>019-272100- /O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0024.120527T1800Z-120528T0100Z/ SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...PLAINVILLE... STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT 357 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 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 LAKES WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA 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. && $$ WESELY
2 follow-up statements
574 WWUS73 KGID 271821 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 121 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WIND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING HOURS... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR STRONG SOUTH WIND. KSZ006-007-017>019-280100- /O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120528T0100Z/ SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...PLAINVILLE... STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT 121 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE WIND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DECREASING SOMEWHAT BY SUNSET THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHERLY SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THEY ARE NOT BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WIND. IN ADDITION...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT TODAY...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING EAST OR WEST. THOSE TRAVELING TO LAKES WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND MAY EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS WITH MANY WHITE CAPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PFANNKUCH
961 WWUS73 KGID 280052 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 752 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 KSZ006-007-017>019-280200- /O.EXP.KGID.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120528T0100Z/ SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...PLAINVILLE... STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT 752 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE STARTED TO DIMINISH OTHER THAN RELATED TO THUNDERSTORMS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 41 min |
| May 27, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 39 min |
| May 27, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 37 min |
| May 27, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 23 min |
| May 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 33 min |
| May 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 30 min |
| May 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 43 min |
Nearby
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.