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Wind Advisory 13, NWS North Platte, NE
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.
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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.
- 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
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
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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.