Alert archive / Nebraska / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at Mar 26, 2012, 2:06 AM MDT for Deuel County, Garden County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 26, 2012, 4:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2012, 2:06 AM MDT (08:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2012, 4:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2012, 10:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 6:18 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 18 Nnw Rushville, NE | |
| Mar 26, 6:19 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Rushville, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 551 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1340 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
716 WWUS73 KLBF 260806 AAA NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 306 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...STRONG OR HIGH WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT... STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND MIDDAY TOMORROW AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS NEAR THE BLACK HILLS. A POWERFUL PACIFIC COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE WEST WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN SOME AREAS. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT PRODUCING STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. NEZ004-022-056-262100- /O.UPG.KLBF.HW.A.0002.120326T2200Z-120327T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0005.120326T2200Z-120327T0600Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0017.120326T1800Z-120326T2200Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS 206 AM MDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND INCREASING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING STRONG UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH... BECOMING WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSS WINDS. TRAVEL COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NEZ006>010-026>029-037-038-058-059-069>071-262100- /O.EXT.KLBF.WI.Y.0017.120326T1800Z-120327T1200Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN- CUSTER-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 306 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 /206 AM MDT MON MAR 26 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS INCREASING AROUND MIDDAY AND LASTING INTO EARLY EVENING. THEN...A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE WINDS TO BECOME WEST AND CONTINUE STRONG OVERNIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BECOMING WEST AT THE SAME SPEED TONIGHT. GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSS WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NEZ005-023>025-035-036-057-094-262100- /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.A.0003.120327T0000Z-120327T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0017.120326T1800Z-120327T0000Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-KEITH- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...OGALLALA...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 306 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 /206 AM MDT MON MAR 26 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS INCREASING AROUND MIDDAY AND LASTING INTO EARLY EVENING. THEN...A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE WINDS TO BECOME WEST AND CONTINUE STRONG OVERNIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THEN BECOMING WEST AND POSSIBLY INCREASING 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSS WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
443 WWUS73 KLBF 262047 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 347 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...STRONG OR HIGH WINDS TONIGHT... STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED CONTINUE AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS NEAR THE BLACK HILLS. A POWERFUL PACIFIC COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST TONIGHT WILL SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE WEST WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN SOME AREAS. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP THROUGH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT PRODUCING STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. NEZ004-022-056-270500- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120326T2200Z/ /O.EXT.KLBF.HW.W.0005.120326T2200Z-120327T0500Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS 247 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOP THIS EVENING SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND INCREASING...CONTINUING STRONG UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH... BECOMING WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSS WINDS. TRAVEL COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NEZ005-023>025-035-036-057-094-270500- /O.CAN.KLBF.HW.A.0003.120327T0000Z-120327T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KLBF.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120327T0500Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-KEITH- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...OGALLALA...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 347 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 /247 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS INCREASING AND LASTING INTO EARLY EVENING. THEN...A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE WINDS TO BECOME WEST AND CONTINUE STRONG OVERNIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THEN BECOMING WEST. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSS WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NEZ006>010-026>029-037-038-058-059-069>071-270500- /O.EXT.KLBF.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120327T0500Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN- CUSTER-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 347 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 /247 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT. * TIMING: STRONG SOUTH WINDS BECOMING WEST AS A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH OVERNIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BECOMING WEST AT THE SAME SPEED TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSS WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ POWER
490 WWUS73 KLBF 270445 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1145 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NEZ004-022-056-270545- /O.CAN.KLBF.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120327T0500Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS 1045 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. EXPECT WESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. $$ NEZ005>010-023>029-035>038-057>059-069>071-094-270545- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120327T0500Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS- BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH- PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD... DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON... STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE... IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 1145 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 /1045 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THROUGH 2 AM CDT (1 AM MDT) WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE THERE AFTER. $$ BUTTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 8:09 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant and 5 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:06 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Keith, McPherson and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:01 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.