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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at Feb 22, 2012, 3:51 AM CST for 5 counties in Nebraska; Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 22, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2012, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2012, 3:24 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
Counties Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Dawson County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Phelps County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
739 WWUS73 KGID 220951 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 351 AM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .INCREASING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH...FORECAST BY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH IN INTENSITY TOWARDS SUNSET THIS EVENING. KSZ005-017-NEZ060-072-073-082-083-221800- /O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0006.120222T1800Z-120223T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-ROOKS-DAWSON-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON... LEXINGTON...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 351 AM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INTENSIFY THROUGH THE DAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH IN INTENSITY TOWARDS SUNSET THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && $$ BRYANT
2 follow-up statements
462 WWUS73 KGID 221713 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1113 AM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .INCREASING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH IN INTENSITY TOWARDS SUNSET THIS EVENING. KSZ005-017-NEZ060-072-073-082-083-230000- /O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0006.120222T1800Z-120223T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-ROOKS-DAWSON-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON... LEXINGTON...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 1113 AM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH IN INTENSITY TOWARDS SUNSET THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
597 WWUS73 KGID 222124 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 324 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY... .INCREASING WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH IN INTENSITY TOWARDS SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING. KSZ005-017-NEZ060-072-073-082-083-230530- /O.CAN.KGID.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0007.120223T1600Z-120224T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-ROOKS-DAWSON-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON... LEXINGTON...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 324 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH TOWARDS SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && $$ KSZ006-007-018-019-NEZ039>041-046>049-061>064-074>077-084>087- 230530- /O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0007.120223T1600Z-120224T0000Z/ SMITH-JEWELL-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD- MERRICK-POLK-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY- FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...OSBORNE... BELOIT...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY... OSCEOLA...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...MINDEN... HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD... SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 324 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * WINDS...FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH TOWARDS SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 3:24 PM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Nebraska, 2012Wind Advisories in Kansas, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.