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Wind Advisory 25, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at May 6, 2012, 2:20 AM MDT for 6 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at May 6, 2012, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2012, 2:20 AM MDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2012, 3:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 9:21 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 2096 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 430 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 32.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
537 WWUS73 KLBF 060820 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 320 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS TO OCCUR THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... .NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. NEZ038-058-059-069>071-061800- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0025.120506T0900Z-120506T1800Z/ CUSTER-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROKEN BOW...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE... IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 320 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 /220 AM MDT SUN MAY 6 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND PERSIST UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE SHOULD PREPARE 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. && $$ KAR
1 follow-up statement
413 WWUS73 KLBF 061521 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1021 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND WIND SPEEDS HAVE SUBSIDED. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NEZ038-058-059-069>071-061630- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120506T1800Z/ CUSTER-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROKEN BOW...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE... IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 1021 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 /921 AM MDT SUN MAY 6 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...HOWEVER GUSTS TO 25 MPH MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY. $$ JACOBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 47 min |
| May 5, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 46 min |
| May 5, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 40 min |
| May 5, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Holt, Rock | 40 min |
| May 5, 8:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Logan, Thomas | 46 min |
| May 5, 8:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Thomas | 40 min |
| May 5, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 39 min |
| May 5, 8:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 48 min |
| May 5, 8:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Holt, Rock | 35 min |
| May 5, 9:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 45 min |
| May 5, 9:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Logan | 39 min |
| May 5, 9:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Holt, Loup, Rock | 50 min |
| May 5, 9:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 51 min |
| May 5, 9:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 47 min |
| May 5, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Holt, Rock | 60 min |
| May 5, 9:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 47 min |
| May 5, 9:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Loup, Rock | 48 min |
| May 5, 10:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Loup, Rock | 29 min |
| May 5, 10:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| May 5, 10:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Logan | 47 min |
| May 5, 10:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 46 min |
| May 5, 11:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 50 min |
| May 5, 11:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 7 hr |
| May 5, 11:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Loup | 31 min |
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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.