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Wind Advisory 28, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at May 21, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT for 13 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at May 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 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, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
906 WWUS73 KLBF 212030 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 330 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TUESDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING...THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND THEN DECREASE LATE IN THE EVENING. NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-094-220900- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0028.120522T1800Z-120523T0200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 330 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012 /230 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE MORNING AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST WEST HIGHWAYS. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
419 WWUS73 KLBF 220800 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 300 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING LATER TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY...RESULTING IN STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MID EVENING. NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-094-222030- /O.EXT.KLBF.WI.Y.0028.120522T1500Z-120523T0200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 300 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 /200 AM MDT TUE MAY 22 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER TODAY AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE DECREASING BY MID EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS ON EAST TO WEST ROUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CLB
493 WWUS73 KLBF 221840 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 140 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TODAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. LOOK FOR WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL DIMINISH BY MID EVENING BUT REMAIN BREEZY OVERNIGHT. NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-094-230200- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-120523T0200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 140 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 /1240 PM MDT TUE MAY 22 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MID EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN BREEZY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * WINDS: SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD 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. && $$ BROOKS
098 WWUS73 KLBF 230207 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 907 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-094-230315- /O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-120523T0200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 907 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 /807 PM MDT TUE MAY 22 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 15 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE AREA. LOOK FOR WINDS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT. $$ KAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 42 min |
| May 21, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 46 min |
| May 21, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 46 min |
| May 21, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 48 min |
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.