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Wind Advisory 33, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Aug 15, 2012, 2:42 AM MDT for 19 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Aug 15, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2012, 2:42 AM MDT (08:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 15, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2012, 2:51 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 900 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
926 WWUS73 KLBF 150842 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 342 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2012 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... .A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP INTO PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. NEZ004-022>024-035-056-094-152100- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0033.120815T1700Z-120816T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-DEUEL-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 242 AM MDT WED AUG 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 11 AM ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND SPREAD SOUTH DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WEST AND NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS COULD BLOW AWAY. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES AND TRAILERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS THAT CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. 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. && $$ NEZ005-006-008-009-025-026-036-037-057>059-069-070-152100- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0033.120815T2100Z-120816T0400Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-ROCK-THOMAS-BLAINE-MCPHERSON-LOGAN- KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TRYON...STAPLETON...OGALLALA... GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 342 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2012 /242 AM MDT WED AUG 15 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE STRONG INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS: WEST AND NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS COULD BLOW AWAY. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES AND TRAILERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS THAT CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
178 WWUS73 KLBF 150852 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 352 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2012 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... .A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP INTO PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. NEZ004-022>024-035-056-094-151700- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0033.120815T1700Z-120816T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-DEUEL-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 252 AM MDT WED AUG 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 11 AM ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND SPREAD SOUTH DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WEST AND NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS COULD BLOW AWAY. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES AND TRAILERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS THAT CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. 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. && $$ NEZ005-006-008-009-025-026-036-037-057>059-069-070-151700- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0033.120815T2100Z-120816T0400Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-ROCK-THOMAS-BLAINE-MCPHERSON-LOGAN- KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TRYON...STAPLETON...OGALLALA... GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 352 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2012 /252 AM MDT WED AUG 15 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE STRONG INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS: WEST AND NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS COULD BLOW AWAY. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES AND TRAILERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS THAT CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
536 WWUS73 KLBF 151649 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1149 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2012 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .A POWERFUL COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL BRING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED BEHIND THIS FRONT OVER PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...EXPECT WINDS TO SWITCH TO THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. NEZ004-022>024-035-056-094-160100- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0033.120815T1700Z-120816T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-DEUEL-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 1049 AM MDT WED AUG 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING BY MID AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO DECREASE BY EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS COULD BLOW AWAY. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES AND TRAILERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS THAT CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. 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. && $$ NEZ005-006-008-009-025-026-036-037-057>059-069-070-160100- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0033.120815T2100Z-120816T0400Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-ROCK-THOMAS-BLAINE-MCPHERSON-LOGAN- KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TRYON...STAPLETON...OGALLALA... GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 1149 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2012 /1049 AM MDT WED AUG 15 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE STRONG INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS: WEST AND NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS COULD BLOW AWAY. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES AND TRAILERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS THAT CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BROOKS
808 WWUS73 KLBF 152051 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 351 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2012 ...BREEZY NORTH WINDS THIS EVENING... .A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT SPEEDS UP TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. NEZ004-022>024-035-056-094-152200- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-120816T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-DEUEL-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 251 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH LOCALIZED SUSTAINED WINDS MAY BLOW TO 30 MPH...MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. WITH THE STRONGER WINDS NO LONGER EXPECTED...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NEZ005-006-008-009-025-026-036-037-057>059-069-070-152200- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0033.120815T2100Z-120816T0400Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-ROCK-THOMAS-BLAINE-MCPHERSON-LOGAN- KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TRYON...STAPLETON...OGALLALA... GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 351 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2012 /251 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH LOCALIZED SUSTAINED WINDS MAY BLOW TO 30 MPH...MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. WITH THE STRONGER WINDS NO LONGER EXPECTED...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ BROOKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:19 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Deuel and 13 more | 22 hr |
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.