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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2012, 9:16 PM CST for 13 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 26, 2012, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2012, 9:16 PM CST (03:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2012, 2:07 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
Counties Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Howard County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 2419 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 563 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
971 WWUS73 KGID 260316 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 916 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...ANOTHER WINDY DAY FOR SUNDAY... NEZ039>041-046>048-060>063-261130- /O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0009.120226T1600Z-120227T0000Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL- HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND... AURORA 916 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON SUNDAY...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY SHORTLY BEFORE SUNSET. HOWEVER...MOST OF THE MORNING WILL ALREADY BE BRISK. * WINDS...FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 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...ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS WHICH ARE ORIENTED FROM NORTH 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. && $$ HEINLEIN
3 follow-up statements
583 WWUS73 KGID 260956 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 356 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 NEZ072-073-082-261800- /O.EXB.KGID.WI.Y.0009.120226T1200Z-120227T0000Z/ GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...BEAVER CITY 356 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING..WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TOWARD EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...AND GUST NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY ON ROADS ORIENTED NORTH TO SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NEZ039>041-046>048-060>063-261800- /O.EXT.KGID.WI.Y.0009.120226T1200Z-120227T0000Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL- HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND... AURORA 356 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING..WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TOWARD EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 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...ESPECIALLY ON ROADS ORIENTED NORTH TO SOUTH. 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. && $$
678 WWUS73 KGID 261735 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1135 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 NEZ039>041-046>048-060>063-072-073-082-270000- /O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120227T0000Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL- HAMILTON-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND... AURORA...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...BEAVER CITY 1135 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...FROM THE WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 45 MPH. * TIMING..STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY ON ROADS ORIENTED NORTH TO SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BRYANT
715 WWUS73 KGID 262007 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 207 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 NEZ039>041-046>048-060>063-072-073-082-262115- /O.CAN.KGID.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120227T0000Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL- HAMILTON-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND... AURORA...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...BEAVER CITY 207 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE SUBSIDED SINCE THIS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. $$ BRYANT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 4:05 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan and 5 more | 14 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.