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Wind Advisory 30, NWS Hastings, NE

October 18, 201213 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at Oct 18, 2012, 9:11 PM CDT for 13 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2012, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Howard County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Polk County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
341 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.

581 
WWUS73 KGID 190211
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
911 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

NEZ039>041-046>049-062>064-075>077-190500-
/O.CAN.KGID.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121019T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0030.121019T0211Z-121019T0500Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON-
YORK-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...
YORK...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA
911 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* WIND...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THEY ARE
  NOT BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WIND.

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.

&&

$$

KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ060-061-072>074-082>085-190315-
/O.CAN.KGID.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121019T0300Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-
FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...ELWOOD...
HOLDREGE...MINDEN...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD
911 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE STEADY AND GUSTY AT TIMES...WIND SPEEDS
HAVE DECREASED AND WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE NIGHT.

$$

KSZ007-019-NEZ086-087-190315-
/O.CAN.KGID.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-121019T0300Z/
JEWELL-MITCHELL-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...BELOIT...SUPERIOR...NELSON...
HEBRON
911 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT.

$$
2 follow-up statements
472 
WWUS73 KGID 190437
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1137 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

NEZ039>041-046>049-062>064-075>077-190900-
/O.EXT.KGID.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-121019T0900Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON-
YORK-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...
YORK...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA
1137 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS EXTENDED THE WIND
ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY.

* WIND...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO 
  THEY ARE NOT BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WIND. 

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
265 
WWUS73 KGID 190849
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
349 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2012

...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

.THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY WILL SLOWLY PUSH EASTWARD TODAY...ALLOWING WINDS TO SLOWLY
DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

NEZ039>041-046>049-062>064-075>077-191000-
/O.EXP.KGID.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-121019T0900Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON-
YORK-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...
YORK...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA
349 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

WHILE BREEZY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS
THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN
EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE COMING TO AN END...AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT.

$$

ROSSI

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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.