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Wind Advisory 22, NWS North Platte, NE

April 11, 2012Deuel County, Garden County, Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2012, 2:58 AM MDT for Deuel County, Garden County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 11, 2012, 3:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2012, 2:58 AM MDT (08:58 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 11, 2012, 3:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 11, 2012, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
5 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 08:55 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, 9.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-04-11Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2012-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
1888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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.

013 
WWUS73 KLBF 110858
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
358 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING... 

.SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO
AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE WEST OF THE AREA. LOOK
FOR WINDS TO PICK UP AT MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF AROUND 30 MPH. LOCATIONS MOST
LIKELY TO SEE THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE PANHANDLE...WITH
SLIGHTLY LESSER SPEEDS GOING EAST INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA.

NEZ004-022-056-112200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0022.120411T2100Z-120412T0400Z/
SHERIDAN-GARDEN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH...
CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS
258 AM MDT WED APR 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
MDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND MID AFTERNOON AND
  STAY STRONG THROUGH MID EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BLOW AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF
  25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD
  EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS ON EAST
  TO WEST ROUTES.

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.

&&

$$

BROOKS
2 follow-up statements
507 
WWUS73 KLBF 112036
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
336 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING...

.SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS THE EASTERN
PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE
STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS DUE TO AN APPROACHING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE WEST OF THE AREA. WINDS SPEEDS OF 25 TO 
35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

NEZ004-022-056-120400-
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0022.120411T2100Z-120412T0400Z/
SHERIDAN-GARDEN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH...
CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS
236 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BLOW AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS 
  OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. 

* IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES 
  SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS 
  ON EAST TO WEST ROUTES. 

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
217 
WWUS73 KLBF 120215 AAA
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
915 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012

NEZ004-022-056-120315-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120412T0400Z/
SHERIDAN-GARDEN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH...
CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS
815 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH. SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 30 MPH OR GUSTS
TO 45 MPH ARE UNLIKELY SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

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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.