Alert archive / Nebraska / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Jan 10, 2012, 11:05 AM MST for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 11, 2012, 1:12 AM MST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2012, 11:05 AM MST (18:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 11, 2012, 1:12 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 26 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
004 WWUS73 KLBF 101805 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1205 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ON WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD LATE TONIGHT AND BRING STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO THE AREA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-111200- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0002.120111T1000Z-120112T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL... BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL... BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 1205 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012 /1105 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CST /3 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CST /3 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR PERSONS DRIVING LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DRIVERS OF THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. 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. && $$ CVP
3 follow-up statements
968 WWUS73 KLBF 110812 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 212 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS TO PERSIST ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY... .STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-112130- /O.EXT.KLBF.WI.Y.0002.120111T0812Z-120112T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL... BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL... BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 212 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012 /112 AM MST WED JAN 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY AND DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR PERSONS DRIVING LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DRIVERS OF THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KAR
914 WWUS73 KLBF 111857 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1257 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE.. .STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL TRAIL BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT...WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THAT WILL DIMINISH INTO THE EVENING. NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-120000- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120112T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL... BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL... BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 1257 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 /1157 AM MST WED JAN 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY 6 PM CST. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS CAN CAUSE DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TO LOSE CONTROL...AND LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS OUTSIDE CAN BE EASILY DISPLACED. 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. && $$
995 WWUS73 KLBF 112359 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 559 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-120100- /O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120112T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL... BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL... BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 559 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 /459 PM MST WED JAN 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. WIND IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA HAD DECREASED TO LESS THAN 30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 35 MPH. $$ 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.