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Wind Advisory 24, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Apr 27, 2012, 1:21 PM MDT for 6 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 27, 2012, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2012, 1:21 PM MDT (19:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2012, 2:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 540 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
815 WWUS73 KLBF 271921 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 221 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA... .A COLD FRONT IS PUSHING ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THE FRONT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING. NEZ004-022-056>058-069-280200- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0024.120427T2000Z-120428T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL 121 PM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR 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. && $$ MASEK
1 follow-up statement
148 WWUS73 KLBF 280210 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 910 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AWAY FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA AND WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NEZ004-022-056>058-069-280315- /O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120428T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL 810 PM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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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.