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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at Jan 12, 2012, 2:40 AM CST for Furnas County, Harlan County, Nebraska; 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 12, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2012, 2:40 AM CST (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2012, 2:20 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
Counties Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Furnas County, NE, Harlan County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 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 202 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
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
195 WWUS73 KGID 120840 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 240 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL INTENSIFY BY 9 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING...AS WELL AS THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY EARLY EVENING. KSZ005-006-017>019-NEZ082-083-121700- /O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0003.120112T1500Z-120113T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 240 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THEY ARE NOT BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ BRYANT
2 follow-up statements
677 WWUS73 KGID 121712 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1112 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. KSZ005-006-017>019-NEZ082-083-130000- /O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120113T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 1112 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH... ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THEY ARE NOT BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HEINLEIN
736 WWUS73 KGID 122020 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 220 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 KSZ005-006-017>019-NEZ082-083-122130- /O.CAN.KGID.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120113T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 220 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE BRISK THIS AFTERNOON...WIND SPEEDS WILL NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CONTINUE A WIND ADVISORY. $$ HEINLEIN
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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.