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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2012, 3:54 AM CST for 5 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 25, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2012, 3:54 AM CST (09:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2012, 7:12 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
Counties Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Phelps County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 104 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
955 WWUS73 KGID 250954 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 354 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS ALONG THE HIGH PLAINS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUST NEAR 45 MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING. KSZ005-006-017>019-251800- /O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0008.120225T1700Z-120226T0200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT 354 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS THIS MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUST NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLLY ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
473 WWUS73 KGID 251723 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1123 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... .SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH IN INTENSITY SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. NEZ060-061-072>074-082>084-260200- /O.EXA.KGID.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120226T0200Z/ DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...ELWOOD... HOLDREGE...MINDEN...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN 1123 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS WHICH ARE ORIENTED FROM EAST TO WEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ005-006-017>019-260200- /O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120226T0200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT 1123 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS WHICH ARE ORIENTED FROM EAST TO WEST. 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. && $$ BRYANT
291 WWUS73 KGID 260112 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 712 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 KSZ005-006-017>019-NEZ060-061-072>074-082>084-260215- /O.CAN.KGID.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120226T0200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER- PHELPS-KEARNEY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY... ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN 712 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH WIND MAY BE GUSTY AT TIMES FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT...WIND SPEEDS WILL NO LONGER BE STRONG ENOUGH TO REACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. WIND WILL BECOME MORE WEST BY THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ HEINLEIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 3:07 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 13 hr |
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.