Alert archive / Nebraska / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2012, 3:09 PM CST for 24 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2012, 3:09 PM CST (21:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2012, 7:54 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
All 30 counties
Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Polk County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
998 WWUS73 KGID 212109 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 309 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING. BEHIND THIS FRONT...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH BY LATE MORNING...GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 221000- /O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0004.120122T1400Z-120123T0200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ORD...FULLERTON... LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON... KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE... MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA... FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 309 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * 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. && $$ JCB/ROSSI
3 follow-up statements
380 WWUS73 KGID 220953 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 353 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS GUSTS EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO STOCKTON. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 221800- /O.EXT.KGID.WI.Y.0004.120122T1600Z-120123T0200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ORD...FULLERTON... LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON... KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE... MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA... FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 353 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG DURING THE DAY...BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...AND GUST BETWEEN 40 AND 55 MPH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO STOCKTON. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 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. && $$
298 WWUS73 KGID 221759 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1159 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 NEZ041-048-049-063-064-076-077-086-087-221900- /O.CAN.KGID.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120123T0200Z/ NANCE-MERRICK-POLK-HAMILTON-YORK-CLAY-FILLMORE-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FULLERTON...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA... AURORA...YORK...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 1159 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR AREAS MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281 IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039-040-046-047-060>062-072>075-082>085- 230200- /O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120123T0200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY- SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS- FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ORD...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...ELWOOD... HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN... RED CLOUD 1159 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...AND GUST BETWEEN 40 AND 55 MPH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO STOCKTON. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THEY ARE NOT BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ROSSI/JCB
607 WWUS73 KGID 230154 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 754 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039-040-046-047-060>062-072>075-082>085- 230300- /O.CAN.KGID.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120123T0200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY- SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS- FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ORD...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...ELWOOD... HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN... RED CLOUD 754 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT...WINDS WILL NO LONGER BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. $$ HEINLEIN
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.