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Wind Advisory 13, NWS North Platte, NE

March 2, 201212 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2012, 11:16 AM CST for 12 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 2, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2012, 11:16 AM CST (17:16 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 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 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

528 
WWUS73 KLBF 021716
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1116 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...WINDY AFTERNOON EXPECTED...

.LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS OVER THE NORTH PLAINS. THIS WILL HELP
TO INCREASE NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

NEZ005>010-025>029-038-030000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0013.120302T1800Z-120303T0000Z/
EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-
GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...
BURWELL...BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW
1116 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE
  EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS: WINDS WILL BLOW LIGHT OBJECTS AROUND AND COULD CAUSE
  CONTROL PROBLEMS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

MASEK
1 follow-up statement
410 
WWUS73 KLBF 022357
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
557 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012


NEZ005>010-025>029-038-030100-
/O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/
EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-
GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...
BURWELL...BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW
557 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

WIND OVER THE ADVISORY AREA HAD DECREASED TO LESS THAN 30 MPH AND
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING.

$$
SPRINGER

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.