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Wind Advisory 36, NWS North Platte, NE

November 6, 20126 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Nov 6, 2012, 4:01 AM CST for 6 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Nov 6, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 6, 2012, 4:01 AM CST (10:01 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 6, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 6, 2012, 3:15 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Boyd County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:04 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 00:00Z on 2012-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2012-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
331 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.

348 
WWUS73 KLBF 061001
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
401 AM CST TUE NOV 6 2012

...WIND ADVISORY NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY...

.A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
WILL BRING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 40 MPH TO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

NEZ007-009-010-027>029-061815-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0036.121106T1600Z-121107T0000Z/
BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...TAYLOR...
BURWELL...BARTLETT
401 AM CST TUE NOV 6 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING:STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL
  NEBRASKA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS:NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS:LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED. DRIVERS OF 
  LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME 
  CAUTION...AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS. 

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
176 
WWUS73 KLBF 061606
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1006 AM CST TUE NOV 6 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY...WITH
GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AROUND MID
AFTERNOON...THEN WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING.

NEZ007-009-010-027>029-070000-
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121107T0000Z/
BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...TAYLOR...
BURWELL...BARTLETT
1006 AM CST TUE NOV 6 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED AROUND MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
  DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40
  MPH.

* IMPACTS: LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED. DRIVERS OF 
  LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME 
  CAUTION...AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

BROOKS
572 
WWUS73 KLBF 062115
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
315 PM CST TUE NOV 6 2012

...WINDS TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING...

.THE STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON...WITH CALM WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT. AS THE WINDS HAVE
ALREADY BEGUN TO DIMINISH...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

NEZ007-009-010-027>029-062215-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121107T0000Z/
BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...TAYLOR...
BURWELL...BARTLETT
315 PM CST TUE NOV 6 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 MPH THROUGH 5 PM...THEN WILL
QUICKLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. 

$$

BROOKS

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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.