Alert archive / Nebraska / High Wind Watches in 2012
High Wind Watch 1, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind watch at Mar 17, 2012, 2:49 AM MDT for 19 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 18, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2012, 2:49 AM MDT (08:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 3:09 AM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3301 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
307 WWUS73 KLBF 170849 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 349 AM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MONTANA. NEZ004>006-008-009-022>025-035-036-056>058-069-094-171700- /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.A.0001.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-ROCK-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...IMPERIAL...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 349 AM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 /249 AM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS OF THESE SPEEDS CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS OR TREES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF VERY STRONG CROSS WINDS THAT CAN OVERTURN TRACTOR TRAILERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ TAYLOR
4 follow-up statements
169 WWUS73 KLBF 170944 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 443 AM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MONTANA. NEZ004>006-008-009-022>025-035-036-056>058-069-094-171800- /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.A.0001.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-ROCK-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...IMPERIAL...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 443 AM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 /343 AM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS OF THESE SPEEDS CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS OR TREES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF VERY STRONG CROSS WINDS THAT CAN OVERTURN TRACTOR TRAILERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ TAYLOR
089 WWUS73 KLBF 171818 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 118 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING WITH HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY. AREAS MOST LIKELY TO SEE SUSTAINED WINDS CAPABLE OF EXCEEDING 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM IMPERIAL TO THEDFORD TO AINSWORTH. LOCATIONS TO THE EAST WILL SEE WINDY CONDITIONS AS WELL. NEZ004>006-008-009-022>025-035-036-056>058-069-094-180230- /O.CON.KLBF.HW.A.0001.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-ROCK-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...IMPERIAL...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 118 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 /1218 PM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS OF THESE SPEEDS CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS OR TREES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF VERY STRONG CROSS WINDS THAT CAN OVERTURN TRACTOR TRAILERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
350 WWUS73 KLBF 172007 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 307 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SOME HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NORTH PLATTE...TO BREWSTER...TO BASSETT. WIND SPEEDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE DEGREE OF LOW CLOUDINESS WHICH MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT. ANY LOW CLOUDINESS WHICH DEVELOPS WILL LIMIT MIXING...LEADING TO LIGHTER WINDS. SINCE THE LOCATION OF DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CLOUDINESS IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...A HIGH WIND WATCH WILL CONTINUE. NEZ026-037-059-070-180830- /O.EXA.KLBF.HW.A.0001.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ BLAINE-LOGAN-LINCOLN-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUNNING...STAPLETON...NORTH PLATTE... HAYES CENTER 307 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS OF THESE SPEEDS CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS OR TREES. DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF VERY STRONG CROSS WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ NEZ004>006-008-009-022>025-035-036-056>058-069-094-180830- /O.CON.KLBF.HW.A.0001.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-ROCK-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...IMPERIAL...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 307 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 /207 PM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS OF THESE SPEEDS CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS OR TREES. DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF VERY STRONG CROSS WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
336 WWUS73 KLBF 180909 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 409 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTERED IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA. NEZ004>006-008-009-022>026-035>037-056>059-069-070-094-190100- /O.UPG.KLBF.HW.A.0001.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0004.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-ROCK-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-BLAINE-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN- CHASE-HAYES-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...DUNNING...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...CHAPPELL... BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 409 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 /309 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS: WINDS OF THESE SPEEDS CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS OR TREES. DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF VERY STRONG CROSS WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NEZ007-010-027>029-038-071-190100- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0016.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ BOYD-HOLT-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...ONEILL...TAYLOR...BURWELL... BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW...CURTIS...EUSTIS 409 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY. * 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. && $$ TAYLOR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 3:11 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 16 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:55 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Custer, Garfield, Holt, Loup, Wheeler | 12 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:55 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 31 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.