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Wind Advisory 32, NWS North Platte, NE

June 10, 2012Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Jun 10, 2012, 1:04 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2012, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

County Custer County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1504 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1504 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 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.

550 
WWUS73 KLBF 101804 AAC
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
104 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS CUSTER COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.

.STRONG PACIFIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE BUILDING INTO NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ACROSS
CUSTER COUNTY FOR A FEW MORE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON.

NEZ038-102100-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-120610T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0032.120610T1804Z-120610T2100Z/
CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BROKEN BOW
104 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING: STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MID AFTERNOON AND
  THEN DIMINISH.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL COULD BE HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAILERS.

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.

&&

$$

NEZ022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-101915-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-120610T1800Z/
GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-
PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...
ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...
GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
104 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012 /1204 PM MDT SUN JUN 10 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35
MPH. THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED.

$$
1 follow-up statement
099 
WWUS73 KLBF 101930
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
230 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...WINDS TO SLOWLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE STRONG WINDS SEEN ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER TODAY HAVE
DECREASED...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...BUT
WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

NEZ038-102030-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-120610T2100Z/
CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BROKEN BOW
230 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DECREASED. BREEZY
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL DIMINISH
THIS EVENING.

$$

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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.